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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 31, 2021Lanier County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Jan 31, 2021, 6:25 PM EST for Lanier County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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: Jan 31, 2021, 6:25 PM EST (23:25 UTC)
Expired: Jan 31, 2021, 7:15 PM EST
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Lanier County, GA

The radar

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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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jan 31, 1:51 PM EST, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 1:51 PM EST, 4 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 31, 5:38 PM EST, 47 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
538 PM EST Sun Jan 31 2021

GAZ146>148-159>161-312330-
Berrien GA-Brooks GA-Lanier GA-Lowndes GA-Colquitt GA-Cook GA-
538 PM EST Sun Jan 31 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR COOK...SOUTHERN BERRIEN...
NORTHWESTERN LANIER...NORTHERN LOWNDES...NORTHERN BROOKS AND
SOUTHEASTERN COLQUITT COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EST...

At 538 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles east of Pavo, or 14 miles southwest of Adel, moving east at 40
mph.

Winds up to 45 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Nashville, Lakeland, Adel, Valdosta, Hahira, Sparks, Ray City, Pavo,
Moody Air Force Base, Meigs, Morven, Berlin, Cecil, Reed Bingham
State Park, Barretts, New Lois, Massee, Greggs, Allenville and Weber.

LAT...LON 3087 8316 3091 8374 3107 8373 3118 8354
      3126 8338 3132 8306 3130 8306 3128 8304
      3121 8305 3119 8305 3118 8303 3109 8303
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 257DEG 38KT 3100 8361

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Special weather statement, Jan 31, 6:25 PM EST, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
625 PM EST Sun Jan 31 2021

GAZ147-148-159>161-010015-
Berrien GA-Brooks GA-Lanier GA-Lowndes GA-Cook GA-
625 PM EST Sun Jan 31 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN COOK...SOUTHEASTERN
BERRIEN...LANIER...NORTHERN LOWNDES AND CENTRAL BROOKS COUNTIES UNTIL
715 PM EST...

At 624 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Ray City to near Hahira to 9 miles north
of Quitman. Movement was east at 30 mph.

Winds up to 45 mph are possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Lakeland, Valdosta, Hahira, Ray City, Moody Air Force Base, Meigs,
Morven, Cecil, Naylor, Courthouse, Greenwood, Barretts, New Lois,
Hansell, I-75 At Exit 29, Allenville, I-75 At Exit 22, Stockton and
Teeterville.

LAT...LON 3086 8300 3085 8301 3085 8309 3083 8309
      3083 8311 3088 8369 3104 8342 3122 8320
      3124 8304 3123 8305 3118 8305 3118 8297
      3087 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 256DEG 25KT 3111 8317 3102 8332 3092 8354

21-WD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 31, 8:31 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		3 hr
Jan 31, 11:28 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		107 min
Jan 31, 5:38 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Cook, Lanier	52 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.