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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 10, 2017Lanier County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2017, 2:37 PM EDT for Lanier County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 10, 2017, 2:37 PM EDT (18:37 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2017, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Lanier County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 140 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

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The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1503 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 711 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 10, 1:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 1:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 1:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 10, 1:51 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 10, 1:57 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 10, 2:08 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
208 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2017

GAZ159-160-101845-
Brooks GA-Lowndes GA-
208 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN LOWNDES AND SOUTHEASTERN
BROOKS COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM EDT...

At 208 PM EDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a a
strong thunderstorm over Quitman, moving northeast at 20 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Quitman, Valdosta, I-75 At Exit 16, Remerton, Morven, Nankin, Brooks
Co A/p, Blue Springs, I-75 At Exit 22, Valdosta Regional Airport and
Kinderlou.

LAT...LON 3081 8321 3064 8350 3065 8350 3065 8354
      3076 8366 3101 8343
TIME...MOT...LOC 1808Z 226DEG 17KT 3075 8353

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Special weather statement, Jul 10, 2:18 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
218 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2017

GAZ143>145-156-101845-
Miller GA-Decatur GA-Baker GA-Mitchell GA-
218 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN DECATUR...
SOUTHEASTERN MILLER...SOUTHWESTERN MITCHELL AND SOUTHWESTERN BAKER
COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM EDT...

At 218 PM EDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a a
strong thunderstorm 11 miles southeast of Colquitt, moving northeast
at 20 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Vada, Boykin, Babcock, Hawkinstown, Mimsville, Hopeful, Hoggard Mill,
Branchville, Cooktown, Steinham Store and Bellview.

LAT...LON 3116 8424 3096 8456 3110 8470 3135 8445
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 226DEG 19KT 3109 8457

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Special weather statement, Jul 10, 2:37 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
237 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2017

GAZ161-101900-
Lanier GA-
237 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LANIER COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM EDT...

At 237 PM EDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a a
strong thunderstorm over Lakeland, moving east at 5 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Lakeland, Meigs, Courthouse, Greenwood, Hansell, Stockton and
Teeterville.

LAT...LON 3093 8304 3095 8304 3095 8314 3106 8319
      3106 8317 3111 8316 3115 8308 3115 8304
      3117 8304 3119 8300 3119 8298 3113 8297
      3094 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 1837Z 251DEG 6KT 3103 8309

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 10, 12:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	41 min
Jul 10, 1:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	30 min
Jul 10, 1:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks	29 min
Jul 10, 1:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Grady	25 min
Jul 10, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Seminole	24 min
Jul 10, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Thomas	33 min
Jul 10, 2:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks, Lowndes	37 min
Jul 10, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Baker	27 min
Jul 10, 2:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Irwin	33 min
Jul 10, 3:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Tift	33 min
Jul 10, 3:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Baker	32 min
Jul 10, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Irwin	27 min
Jul 10, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dougherty	38 min
Jul 10, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Randolph	19 min
Jul 10, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay, Randolph	31 min
Jul 10, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Henry	28 min
Jul 10, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Coffee	32 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.