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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jacksonville, FL

August 24, 2021Echols County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 24, 2021, 2:21 PM EDT for Echols County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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 24, 2021, 2:21 PM EDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 24, 2021, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Echols County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 103 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: 1528 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 869 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

740 
WWUS82 KJAX 241821
SPSJAX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
221 PM EDT Tue Aug 24 2021
 
FLZ020-GAZ162-163-241845-
Hamilton FL-Clinch GA-Echols GA-
221 PM EDT Tue Aug 24 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern
Hamilton, southeastern Echols and southwestern Clinch Counties
through 245 PM EDT...

At 221 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles east of Statenville, moving northeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph, pea size hail, and minor 
         flooding due to heavy rainfall.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is 
         possible. Minor flooding due to heavy rainfall is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Needmore.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3080 8277 3064 8262 3060 8268 3060 8270
      3058 8271 3058 8270 3045 8288 3062 8302
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 191DEG 12KT 3070 8288 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

BOOTHE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 24, 2:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Alachua	42 min
Aug 24, 2:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Alachua, Bradford	36 min
Aug 24, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Duval	33 min
Aug 24, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Duval	43 min
Aug 24, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Citrus	35 min
Aug 24, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clay	46 min
Aug 24, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clay	35 min
Aug 24, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Clay	32 min
Aug 24, 3:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Duval	24 min
Aug 24, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Putnam	47 min
Aug 24, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Columbia	41 min
Aug 24, 3:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Suwannee	37 min
Aug 24, 4:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Duval	24 min
Aug 24, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Marion	35 min
Aug 24, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Saint Johns	45 min
Aug 24, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Marion, Putnam	52 min
Aug 24, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Alachua, Marion	32 min
Aug 24, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Saint Johns	57 min
Aug 24, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		60 min
Aug 24, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Marion	34 min
Aug 24, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Flagler	43 min
Aug 24, 5:54 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		49 min
Aug 24, 11:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Glynn	52 min
Aug 24, 11:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Charlton	51 min
Aug 24, 12:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Glynn	42 min
Aug 24, 12:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Charlton	51 min
Aug 24, 12:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Camden	30 min
Aug 24, 12:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Glynn	61 min
Aug 24, 1:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Brantley, Camden	55 min
Aug 24, 1:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clinch, Echols, Ware	56 min
Aug 24, 1:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAX	Brantley, Camden, Glynn	3 hr
Aug 24, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Echols	28 min
Aug 24, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Bacon	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.