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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jacksonville, FL

September 20, 2021Wayne County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this special weather statement at Sep 20, 2021, 3:44 PM EDT for Wayne County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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: Sep 20, 2021, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
Expired: Sep 20, 2021, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40
Spout: Possible

County Wayne County, GA

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 241 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: 348 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 796 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 71 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 Sep 20, 1:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 1:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 20, 3:16 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 20, 3:33 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 20, 3:37 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
337 PM EDT MON SEP 20 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0330 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     4 SE GARDI              31.50N 81.76W
09/20/2021                   WAYNE              GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WAYNE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RELAYED A
            REPORT OF A POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR
            HIGHWAY 301 BETWEEN GARDI AND MT PLEASANT.

&&

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Special weather statement, Sep 20, 3:44 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
344 PM EDT Mon Sep 20 2021

GAZ136-202015-
Wayne GA-
344 PM EDT Mon Sep 20 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of south central Wayne
County through 415 PM EDT...

At 343 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm
capable of producing a landspout 10 miles southeast of Screven, or 10
miles southwest of Gardi, moving northeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Landspouts and winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of south central Wayne
County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Conditions are favorable for the development of weak, brief funnel
clouds. This type of funnel cloud is harmless, but on rare occasions
they can briefly touch down, producing wind gusts over 50 mph. If a
funnel cloud is spotted move indoors and report your sighting to the
National Weather Service.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3141 8174 3135 8184 3135 8190 3136 8197
      3148 8189
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 228DEG 12KT 3140 8188

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

AK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 19, 9:30 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	JAX	Columbia, Gilchrist	13 days
Sep 20, 11:10 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	JAX	Baker, Nassau	7 days
Sep 20, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Flagler	44 min
Sep 20, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Flagler	46 min
Sep 20, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Nassau	46 min
Sep 20, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Flagler	29 min
Sep 20, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Flagler	30 min
Sep 20, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Wayne	27 min
Sep 20, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Brantley	36 min
Sep 20, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Camden	30 min
Sep 20, 6:18 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	JAX	Brantley	11 days
Sep 20, 6:18 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	JAX	Pierce, Ware	15 hr
Sep 20, 6:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Glynn	47 min

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Sources

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