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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jacksonville, FL

August 6, 2021Bradford County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2021, 1:49 PM EDT for Bradford County, Florida. It was in force for 41 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
Aug 6, 2021, 1:49 PM EDT (17:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2021, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

County Bradford County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 47 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 879 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -54 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
879 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
630 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

861 
WWUS82 KJAX 061749
SPSJAX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
149 PM EDT Fri Aug 6 2021
 
FLZ023-030-031-232-425-061830-
Baker FL-Western Clay FL-Union FL-Western Duval FL-Bradford FL-
149 PM EDT Fri Aug 6 2021

...A thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Bradford, 
southeastern Baker, northeastern Union, northwestern Clay and west 
central Duval Counties through 230 PM EDT...

At 148 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking showers and a strong 
thunderstorm over Raiford, moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and locally heavy rain.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Raiford, Macclenny, Glen St. Mary, Maxville, Johnstown and Ellerbee. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3022 8193 2995 8217 3007 8236 3036 8218
      3036 8216 3037 8214 3037 8213 3031 8205
      3027 8205 3029 8203
TIME...MOT...LOC 1748Z 215DEG 17KT 3008 8223 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

SHASHY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXDuval, Nassau48 min
Aug 6, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX65 min
Aug 6, 3:35 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningJAXAlachua, Columbia21 days
Aug 6, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX65 min
Aug 6, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX65 min
Aug 6, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXGilchrist56 min
Aug 6, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX39 min
Aug 6, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX67 min
Aug 6, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCamden, Glynn52 min
Aug 6, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBacon33 min
Aug 6, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAppling48 min
Aug 6, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXPierce39 min
Aug 6, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAtkinson52 min
Aug 6, 7:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAtkinson50 min
Aug 6, 7:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBacon44 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.