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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this special weather statement at Apr 24, 2021, 6:18 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 87 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, 6:18 PM EDT (22:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2021, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 87 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
Counties Appling County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Wayne County, GA
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 151 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Apr 24, 3:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 3:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
618 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021
GAZ132>136-149-151-250-242345-
Pierce GA-Bacon GA-Atkinson GA-Appling GA-Coffee GA-Jeff Davis GA-
Wayne GA-Northern Ware GA-
618 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR COFFEE...NORTHERN PIERCE...
NORTHWESTERN ATKINSON...NORTH CENTRAL WARE...BACON...WAYNE...JEFF
DAVIS AND APPLING COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...
* At 617 PM EDT, National Weather Service meteorologists were
tracking training thunderstorms near Alapaha, or 10 miles south of
Ocilla, moving east at 50 mph.
* Small hail and minor flooding due to heavy rainfall is possible
with these storms.
* Locations impacted include...
Douglas, Jesup, Baxley, Alma, Broxton, Ambrose, Graham, Surrency,
Gardi and Nicholls.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
These winds can down small tree limbs and branches, and blow around
unsecured small objects. Seek shelter in a safe building until the
storm passes.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. You can also share your report with NWS Jacksonville on
Facebook and Twitter.
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LAT...LON 3186 8212 3179 8199 3179 8196 3167 8185
3159 8171 3147 8161 3135 8310 3146 8315
3151 8308 3161 8306 3166 8300 3179 8299
3178 8287 3182 8284 3189 8211
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 262DEG 43KT 3145 8323
BOOTHEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 1:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 113 min | |
| Apr 24, 2:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Hamilton | 24 min |
| Apr 24, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Columbia, Hamilton | 49 min |
| Apr 24, 3:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Columbia, Hamilton | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Columbia, Hamilton | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 24 min |
| Apr 24, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 79 min | |
| Apr 24, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Baker, Columbia | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Baker, Columbia, Hamilton | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Baker, Nassau | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Baker, Columbia, Nassau | 28 min |
| Apr 24, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval, Nassau | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 46 min | |
| Apr 24, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 35 min | |
| Apr 24, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 25 min |
| Apr 24, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 59 min | |
| Apr 24, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 64 min | |
| 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, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Camden | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Coffee, Jeff Davis | 35 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, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Brantley, Pierce, Ware, Wayne | 35 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.