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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 25, 2018Lee County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 25, 2018, 11:10 PM EDT for Lee County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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 25, 2018, 11:10 PM EDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2018, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Lee County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 157 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2018-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1359 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2018-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1359 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1021 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

374 
WWUS82 KTAE 260310
SPSTAE

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1110 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2018
 
GAZ124>127-260400-
Worth GA-Lee GA-Dougherty GA-Terrell GA-
1110 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL DOUGHERTY...LEE...
SOUTHEASTERN TERRELL AND NORTHWESTERN WORTH COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT
EDT...

At 1109 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Smithville, or 9 miles northwest of Leesburg, moving southeast at 15
mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Leesburg, Albany, Smithville, Sasser, Bronwood, Stocks, Forrester,
Lockett Crossing, Bridges Crossroad, Palmyra, Century, Jordan Place,
Starksville, Byne Crossroads, Scrutchins, Armena, Olivers Mill,
Neyami, Philema and Mossy Dell.

LAT...LON 3191 8412 3172 8392 3155 8425 3180 8442
      3184 8439 3187 8434 3192 8434
TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 334DEG 13KT 3185 8424 

$$

15-HARRIGAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes45 min
Jul 26, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson50 min
Jul 26, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson, Washington41 min
Jul 26, 7:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAELee, Terrell116 min
Jul 26, 7:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDecatur, Seminole49 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.