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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jacksonville, FL

May 4, 2021Coffee County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this special weather statement at May 4, 2021, 7:48 PM EDT for Coffee County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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
May 4, 2021, 7:48 PM EDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2021, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL

County Coffee County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 165 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-05-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 565 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
565 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
767 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.5

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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 May 4, 7:15 PM EDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 7:15 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 4, 4:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 4, 7:48 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
748 PM EDT Tue May 4 2021

GAZ132-149-050015-
Atkinson GA-Coffee GA-
748 PM EDT Tue May 4 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN COFFEE AND
NORTHWESTERN ATKINSON COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM EDT...

* At 747 PM EDT, National Weather Service meteorologists were
  tracking a strong thunderstorm near Alapaha, or 8 miles northwest
  of Willacoochee, moving east at 30 mph.

* Winds in excess of 40 mph possible with this storm.

* This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southwestern
  Coffee and northwestern Atkinson Counties.

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.

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 3147 8314 3147 8312 3150 8310 3151 8308
      3157 8306 3160 8294 3137 8289 3135 8310
      3139 8311 3140 8314 3143 8314 3146 8315
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 256DEG 26KT 3143 8314

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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.