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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Jacksonville, FL

April 24, 20216 counties in Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2021, 7:40 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 35 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: Apr 24, 2021, 7:40 PM EDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2021, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Appling County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 106 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-p

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

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 984 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 276 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

336 
WUUS52 KJAX 242340
SVRJAX
GAC001-005-025-229-299-305-250015-
/O.NEW.KJAX.SV.W.0052.210424T2340Z-210425T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
740 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Jacksonville has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Pierce County in southeastern Georgia...
  Northeastern Brantley County in southeastern Georgia...
  North central Ware County in southeastern Georgia...
  Southeastern Bacon County in southeastern Georgia...
  Southwestern Wayne County in southeastern Georgia...
  Southeastern Appling County in southeastern Georgia...

* Until 815 PM EDT.

* At 740 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Jamestown, or
  8 miles northwest of Blackshear, moving east at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Blackshear, Nahunta, Patterson, Gardi, Screven, Offerman, Raybon,
  Waynesville, Jamestown and Bristol.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3125 8242 3156 8238 3159 8177 3120 8179
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 278DEG 48KT 3140 8233 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

BOOTHE

2 follow-up statements

592 
WWUS52 KJAX 250003
SVSJAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
803 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021

GAC001-005-299-250012-
/O.CAN.KJAX.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-210425T0015Z/
Ware GA-Bacon GA-Appling GA-
803 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL WARE...
SOUTHEASTERN BACON AND SOUTHEASTERN APPLING COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3132 8215 3156 8205 3158 8177 3129 8179
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 271DEG 48KT 3144 8199 

$$

GAC025-229-305-250015-
/O.CON.KJAX.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-210425T0015Z/
Pierce GA-Brantley GA-Wayne GA-
803 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN PIERCE...NORTHEASTERN BRANTLEY AND SOUTHWESTERN
WAYNE COUNTIES...

At 802 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Screven, or 9
miles northeast of Patterson, moving east at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

Locations impacted include...
Gardi, Screven, Offerman, Broadhurst and Hortense. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3132 8215 3156 8205 3158 8177 3129 8179
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 271DEG 48KT 3144 8199 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

BOOTHE

264 
WWUS52 KJAX 250010
SVSJAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
810 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021

GAC025-229-305-250020-
/O.EXP.KJAX.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-210425T0015Z/
Pierce GA-Brantley GA-Wayne GA-
810 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PIERCE...
NORTHEASTERN BRANTLEY AND SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
815 PM EDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.  However small hail
is still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3132 8215 3156 8205 3158 8177 3129 8179
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 278DEG 48KT 3143 8187 

$$

BOOTHE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 24, 10:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Clinch	48 min
Apr 24, 11:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Coffee	45 min
Apr 24, 11:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Bacon, Ware	40 min
Apr 24, 11:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Atkinson	21 min
Apr 24, 12:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling, Brantley, Pierce, Wayne	41 min
Apr 24, 12:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Bacon	22 min
Apr 24, 12:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Bacon, Clinch, Pierce, Ware	31 min
Apr 24, 12:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Wayne	24 min
Apr 24, 12:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clinch	50 min
Apr 24, 12:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clinch, Pierce, Ware, Wayne	28 min
Apr 24, 1:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Brantley, Clinch, Ware	25 min
Apr 24, 1:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Clinch, Echols	44 min
Apr 24, 1:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Camden, Charlton, Glynn	40 min
Apr 24, 2:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Glynn	15 min
Apr 24, 2:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Clinch, Echols	43 min
Apr 24, 2:36 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Echols	24 min
Apr 24, 2:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Clinch, Echols	49 min
Apr 24, 3:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Clinch, Echols	27 min
Apr 24, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Clinch, Echols, Ware	45 min
Apr 24, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Camden	27 min
Apr 24, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Charlton, Ware	48 min
Apr 24, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Charlton	28 min
Apr 24, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Camden	42 min
Apr 24, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Coffee, Jeff Davis	35 min
Apr 24, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Appling, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis, Wayne	87 min
Apr 24, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Coffee	36 min
Apr 24, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Pierce, Ware	33 min
Apr 24, 7:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Coffee, Jeff Davis	48 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.