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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jacksonville, FL

July 8, 2021Atkinson County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2021, 8:50 PM EDT for Atkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 8, 2021, 8:50 PM EDT (00:50 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2021, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL

County Atkinson County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 142 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: 1074 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1335 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 64 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 Jul 8, 7:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 7:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 8:50 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
850 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021

GAZ149-163-090130-
Atkinson GA-Clinch GA-
850 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ATKINSON AND NORTHWESTERN CLINCH
COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM EDT...

* At 850 PM EDT, National Weather Service meteorologists were
  tracking a strong thunderstorm near Willacoochee, moving east at 25
  mph.

* Wind gusts up to 50 mph possible with this storm.

* Locations impacted include...
  Homerville, Pearson, Willacoochee, Cogdell and Axson.

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 3139 8284 3136 8282 3137 8264 3128 8265
      3128 8268 3127 8270 3123 8270 3116 8266
      3099 8269 3107 8297 3118 8297 3119 8305
      3123 8305 3128 8303 3131 8306 3134 8307
      3136 8310 3139 8311 3140 8314
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 282DEG 22KT 3127 8310

HESS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Columbia	65 min
Jul 9, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Marion	50 min
Jul 9, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clay	43 min
Jul 9, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Nassau	32 min
Jul 9, 4:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		67 min
Jul 9, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		64 min
Jul 9, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Duval	30 min
Jul 9, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Duval	50 min
Jul 9, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		57 min
Jul 9, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Flagler	39 min
Jul 9, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		31 min
Jul 9, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Duval	49 min
Jul 9, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		35 min
Jul 9, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Flagler	44 min
Jul 9, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		52 min
Jul 8, 9:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Atkinson	41 min
Jul 8, 10:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clinch	47 min
Jul 9, 6:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Appling, Jeff Davis	68 min
Jul 9, 7:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Bacon, Coffee	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.