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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jacksonville, FL

July 6, 2021Appling County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2021, 5:43 PM EDT for Appling County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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, 5:43 PM EDT (21:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2021, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL

County Appling County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 251 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 2021-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 721 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 2021-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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, 3:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 3:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
329 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...TROPICAL STORM ELSA TO MOVE ACROSS NE FL/SE GA ON WEDNESDAY
BRINGING THE THREAT OF FLOODING RAINFALL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES...

.NEAR TERM [Tonight through Wednesday]...Strengthening Tropical
Storm Elsa will track up the west coast of Florida tonight and
then move inland along the north Florida Gulf coast early
Wednesday morning. Elsa will move across ne Fl and se Ga into
Wednesday evening. A surge in tropical moisture and increasing
shear/helicity will bring the threat of flooding rainfall and
isolated tornadoes late tonight through Wednesday. Rainfall
amounts are expected to be in the 3-5 inch range with isolated
amounts up to 8 inches possible.

.SHORT TERM [Wednesday night through Friday Night]...
T.S. Elsa will move into the Carolinas Wednesday night with rain
ending over se Ga/ne Fl overnight. A moist sw flow in wake of Elsa
will prevail over the area Thursday through Friday. Scattered to
numerous storms are expected each afternoon and evening. Temperatures
will be close to average.

.LONG TERM [Saturday Through Tuesday]...Subtropical high pressure
ridge from the western Atlantic across south Florida on Saturday will
build north over the area Sunday and Monday and then into the
Carolinas on Tuesday. This will result in a decrease in rain
chances with an increase in daytime temperatures early next week
to near climatological levels. Enough moisture will remain over
the area for at least scattered diurnal convection each afternoon
high temperatures in the lower 90s.

&&

.MARINE...Tropical Storm Elsa will track northward across the eastern
Gulf of Mexico tonight and make landfall on the Florida Gulf
coast early Wednesday morning. Elsa will track across northeast
Florida and southeast Georgia through Wednesday departing to the
north Wednesday night. Small Craft Advisory conditions will
progress south to north across across the FL waters after
midnight through sunrise Wed morning, with the best potential of
Tropical Storm force winds focused across the GA waters where a
Tropical Storm Watch is in effect. Winds and seas will decrease
in wake of Elsa with a southwest flow developing Thursday through
the weekend.

Rip Currents: Moderate rip current risk today with a high risk on
Wednesday as T.S. Elsa impacts the area.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...River flooding will continue on the Santa Fe and St.
Marys Rivers the next several days. Heavy rainfall from Tropical
Storm Elsa will likely increase and extend river flooding.
Localized flooding will also develop especially in some flood
prone and urban areas through Wednesday evening. A flood watch is
in effect for all of ne Fl/se Ga.

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...

AMG  73  81  71  86  72 /  60 100  70  60  20
SSI  78  82  75  88  76 /  80 100  80  50  20
JAX  75  82  72  88  73 /  90 100  60  50  10
SGJ  77  84  74  88  74 /  90 100  50  50  10
GNV  74  80  72  87  73 / 100 100  50  50  10
OCF  74  80  72  88  73 / 100 100  50  50  10

&&

.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...Flood Watch through late Thursday night for Baker-Bradford-
     Central Marion-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler-Coastal Nassau-
     Coastal St. Johns-Eastern Alachua-Eastern Clay-Eastern
     Marion-Eastern Putnam-Gilchrist-Hamilton-Inland Flagler-
     Inland Nassau-Inland St. Johns-Northern Columbia-South
     Central Duval-Southern Columbia-Suwannee-Trout River-Union-
     Western Alachua-Western Clay-Western Duval-Western Marion-
     Western Putnam.

     Tropical Storm Watch for Inland Nassau-Western Clay-Western
     Duval.

     Tropical Storm Warning for Baker-Bradford-Central Marion-Eastern
     Alachua-Eastern Marion-Gilchrist-Hamilton-Northern Columbia-
     Southern Columbia-Suwannee-Union-Western Alachua-Western
     Marion.

GA...Flood Watch through late Thursday night for Appling-Atkinson-
     Bacon-Brantley-Clinch-Coastal Camden-Coastal Glynn-Coffee-
     Echols-Inland Camden-Inland Glynn-Jeff Davis-Northeastern
     Charlton-Northern Ware-Pierce-Southern Ware-Wayne-Western
     Charlton.

     Tropical Storm Watch for Brantley-Clinch-Coastal Camden-Coastal
     Glynn-Echols-Inland Camden-Inland Glynn-Northeastern
     Charlton-Southern Ware-Western Charlton.

AM...Tropical Storm Watch for Coastal waters from Altamaha Sound to
     Fernandina Beach FL out 20 NM-Waters from Altamaha Sound GA
     to Fernandina Beach FL from 20 to 60 NM.

&&

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 2:39 PM EDT, 3 hours 4 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.

&&

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

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:18 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 10:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX91 min
Jul 6, 2:40 AM EDTFlood WatchJAXAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Flagler and 6 more43 hr
Jul 6, 4:51 AM EDTTropical Storm WarningJAXAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Marion, Nassau and 2 more42 hr
Jul 6, 4:54 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryJAX42 hr
Jul 6, 4:56 PM EDTWind AdvisoryJAXClay, Duval, Flagler, Nassau, Putnam30 hr
Jul 6, 6:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXHamilton40 min
Jul 6, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXClinch, Echols51 min
Jul 6, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCoffee42 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.