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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jacksonville, FL

July 6, 2021Clinch County, Echols County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2021, 2:39 PM EDT for Clinch County, Echols County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 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: Jul 6, 2021, 2:39 PM EDT (18:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2021, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL

Counties Clinch County, GA, Echols County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 132 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: 721 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 780 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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 Jul 6, 2:22 PM EDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 2:22 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 2:39 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
239 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021

FLZ020-GAZ162-163-061930-
Hamilton FL-Clinch GA-Echols GA-
239 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL HAMILTON...ECHOLS
AND CENTRAL CLINCH COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT...

* At 239 PM EDT, National Weather Service meteorologists were
  tracking a strong thunderstorm over Statenville, moving northwest
  at 25 mph.

* Winds in excess of 45 mph possible with this storm.

* Locations impacted include...
  Homerville, Jennings, Fargo, Statenville, Du Pont, Mayday and
  Needmore.

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 3079 8313 3080 8313 3081 8310 3083 8310
      3083 8309 3085 8309 3085 8301 3086 8301
      3087 8297 3100 8297 3107 8262 3066 8252
      3058 8311 3063 8314
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 150DEG 21KT 3069 8300

NGUYEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 10:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		91 min
Jul 6, 2:40 AM EDT	Flood Watch	JAX	Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Flagler and 6 more	43 hr
Jul 6, 4:51 AM EDT	Tropical Storm Warning	JAX	Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Marion, Nassau and 2 more	42 hr
Jul 6, 4:54 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	JAX		42 hr
Jul 6, 4:56 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	JAX	Clay, Duval, Flagler, Nassau, Putnam	30 hr
Jul 6, 6:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Hamilton	40 min
Jul 6, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Coffee	42 min
Jul 6, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Appling	47 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.