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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2018, 8:21 PM EDT for Baker County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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 3, 2018, 8:21 PM EDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2018, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Baker County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 104 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1730 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
452
WWUS82 KTAE 040021
SPSTAE
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
821 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2018
GAZ123-125-142>144-040100-
Miller GA-Baker GA-Dougherty GA-Calhoun GA-Early GA-
821 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN MILLER...
SOUTHWESTERN DOUGHERTY...BAKER...SOUTHERN CALHOUN AND NORTHEASTERN
EARLY COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA UNTIL 900 PM EDT...
At 821 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Newton, moving west at 25 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Newton, Arlington, Leary, Douglasville, Damascus, Iveys Mill,
Milford, Crestview, Hawkinstown, Commissary Hill, Mimsville, Harmony
Church Rd/hwy 45, Old Damascus, Jeterville, Elmodel Wma, Bethany,
Patmos and Rowena.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3132 8430 3132 8431 3131 8432 3131 8434
3129 8434 3127 8435 3119 8477 3148 8481
3149 8429
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 080DEG 20KT 3136 8440
$$
32The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 41 min |
| Jul 3, 8:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 67 min | |
| Jul 3, 8:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 64 min | |
| Jul 3, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 52 min |
| Jul 3, 8:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 44 min |
| Jul 3, 9:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 66 min | |
| Jul 3, 9:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden | 47 min |
| Jul 3, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 42 min |
| Jul 3, 10:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden | 42 min |
| Jul 3, 10:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 50 min | |
| Jul 3, 10:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 34 min | |
| Jul 4, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 39 min |
| Jul 4, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 45 min |
| Jul 4, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 46 min |
| Jul 4, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 49 min | |
| Jul 3, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady | 51 min |
| Jul 3, 9:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Early, Miller, Seminole | 43 min |
| Jul 3, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Early | 42 min |
| Jul 3, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Early | 41 min |
| Jul 3, 10:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Seminole | 43 min |
| Jul 4, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Colquitt | 39 min |
| Jul 4, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lee, Terrell | 26 min |
| Jul 3, 9:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Henry | 34 min |
Nearby
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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.