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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jacksonville, FL

January 31, 2021Bacon County, Coffee County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this special weather statement at Jan 31, 2021, 6:32 PM EST for Bacon County, Coffee County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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: Jan 31, 2021, 6:32 PM EST (23:32 UTC)
Expired: Jan 31, 2021, 7:15 PM EST
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL

Counties Bacon County, GA, Coffee County, GA

The radar

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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 Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jan 31, 4:12 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 4:12 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 31, 6:32 PM EST, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
632 PM EST Sun Jan 31 2021

GAZ132>135-149-250-010015-
Bacon GA-Atkinson GA-Appling GA-Coffee GA-Jeff Davis GA-
Northern Ware GA-
632 PM EST Sun Jan 31 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN COFFEE...NORTHERN
ATKINSON...NORTHERN WARE...WESTERN BACON...SOUTH CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS
AND WEST CENTRAL APPLING COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EST...

* At 632 PM EST, National Weather Service meteorologists were
  tracking gusty showers along a line extending from 7 miles
  southwest of Graham to 6 miles north of Willacoochee. Movement was
  east at 45 mph.

* Winds in excess of 45 mph possible with these showers.

* Locations impacted include...
  Douglas, Alma, Nicholls and West Green.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. You can also share your report with NWS Jacksonville on
Facebook and Twitter.

&&

LAT...LON 3141 8314 3169 8267 3167 8224 3130 8279
      3138 8311 3139 8311 3140 8314
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 274DEG 38KT 3174 8255 3143 8306

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 31, 2:47 PM EST	Gale Watch	JAX		11 hr
Jan 31, 2:47 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	JAX		24 hr

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Sources

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