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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jacksonville, FL

April 10, 2021Hamilton County, Suwannee County, Florida; Atkinson County, Clinch County, Echols County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this special weather statement at Apr 10, 2021, 1:41 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Suwannee County, Florida; Atkinson County, Clinch County, Echols County, Georgia. It was in force for 64 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 10, 2021, 1:41 PM EDT (17:41 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2021, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL

Counties Hamilton County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Atkinson County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Echols County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 125 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: 159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -225 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 965 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 Apr 10, 1:33 PM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 1:33 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 1:41 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
141 PM EDT Sat Apr 10 2021

FLZ020-021-GAZ134-149-162-163-101845-
Hamilton FL-Suwannee FL-Bacon GA-Atkinson GA-Clinch GA-Echols GA-
141 PM EDT Sat Apr 10 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SUWANNEE...HAMILTON...ECHOLS...
ATKINSON...SOUTHWESTERN BACON AND NORTHWESTERN CLINCH COUNTIES UNTIL
245 PM EDT...

* At 139 PM EDT, National Weather Service meteorologists were
  tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near
  Nashville to 16 miles south of Perry. Movement was east at 35 mph.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Live Oak, Jasper, Homerville, Pearson, Willacoochee, Jennings,
  White Springs, Argyle, Statenville and Suwannee River State Park.

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 3063 8314 3080 8313 3087 8297 3118 8297
      3119 8305 3138 8311 3142 8296 3137 8264
      3122 8269 3111 8264 3032 8275 3032 8280
      2993 8280 2988 8289 3008 8307 3012 8323
      3026 8325 3039 8317 3063 8331
TIME...MOT...LOC 1739Z 259DEG 30KT 3126 8330 2989 8348

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 10, 2:30 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	JAX		24 hr
Apr 10, 2:33 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	JAX	Duval, Flagler, Nassau	17 hr
Apr 10, 2:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Hamilton, Suwannee	42 min
Apr 10, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee	60 min
Apr 10, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Columbia, Hamilton	46 min
Apr 10, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Alachua, Bradford, Marion, Union	56 min
Apr 10, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Baker	56 min
Apr 10, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Nassau	67 min
Apr 10, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		61 min
Apr 10, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Bradford, Clay, Duval, Putnam	61 min
Apr 10, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Duval, Nassau	34 min
Apr 10, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Duval	33 min
Apr 10, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		2 hr
Apr 10, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		111 min
Apr 10, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Flagler, Putnam, Saint Johns	60 min
Apr 10, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Flagler, Putnam, Saint Johns	60 min
Apr 10, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		2 hr
Apr 10, 7:08 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		67 min
Apr 10, 2:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Clinch	47 min
Apr 10, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Camden, Glynn	51 min
Apr 10, 4:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Camden, Glynn	26 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.