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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Jacksonville, FL

August 31, 20214 counties in Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 2021, 12:48 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 16 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
Aug 31, 2021, 12:48 PM EDT (16:48 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 2021, 1:04 PM EDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Atkinson County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Ware County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 131 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1441 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
1441 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
834 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

521 
WUUS52 KJAX 311648
SVRJAX
GAC003-065-069-299-311715-
/O.NEW.KJAX.SV.W.0155.210831T1648Z-210831T1715Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
1248 PM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021

The National Weather Service in Jacksonville has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Coffee County in southeastern Georgia...
  Eastern Atkinson County in southeastern Georgia...
  Northwestern Ware County in southeastern Georgia...
  Northwestern Clinch County in southeastern Georgia...

* Until 115 PM EDT.

* At 1247 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Du Pont, or
  9 miles west of Homerville, moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Homerville, Pearson, Du Pont, Cogdell, Millwood and Axson. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3117 8297 3148 8277 3124 8254 3085 8290
      3092 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 1647Z 210DEG 29KT 3103 8291 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

NGUYEN
1 follow-up statement
019 
WWUS52 KJAX 311704
SVSJAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
104 PM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021

GAC003-065-069-299-311714-
/O.CAN.KJAX.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-210831T1715Z/
Coffee GA-Atkinson GA-Ware GA-Clinch GA-
104 PM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL COFFEE...EASTERN
ATKINSON...NORTHWESTERN WARE AND NORTHWESTERN CLINCH COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3117 8297 3148 8277 3124 8254 3085 8290
      3092 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 1703Z 210DEG 29KT 3115 8283 

$$

NGUYEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 12:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXEchols42 min
Aug 31, 12:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAtkinson, Clinch, Coffee49 min
Aug 31, 1:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXWare49 min
Aug 31, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAppling, Bacon, Brantley, Coffee, Jeff Davis, Pierce30 min
Aug 31, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAppling, Bacon, Jeff Davis, Pierce52 min
Aug 31, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXWayne44 min
Aug 31, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXEchols42 min
Aug 31, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXGlynn46 min
Aug 31, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXGlynn23 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.