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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 11, 2021Miller County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2021, 1:35 PM EDT for Miller County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jun 11, 2021, 1:35 PM EDT (17:35 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2021, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Miller County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 86 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.

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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: 28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -192 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1232 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 33 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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 11, 1:19 PM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 1:19 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 1:35 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
135 PM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021

ALZ069-GAZ142>144-155-156-111815-
Houston AL-Miller GA-Decatur GA-Baker GA-Seminole GA-Early GA-
135 PM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL HOUSTON...NORTH
CENTRAL DECATUR...MILLER...SOUTHWESTERN BAKER...NORTHERN SEMINOLE AND
SOUTHERN EARLY COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM EDT/115 PM CDT/...

At 135 PM EDT/1235 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from near Blakely to 12 miles
west of Colquitt to 9 miles west of Donalsonville. Movement was east
at 25 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Colquitt, Donalsonville, Bainbridge, West Bainbridge, Centerville,
Gordon, Iron City, Brinson, Jakin, Hanover, Saffold, Ausmac, Babcock,
Little Hope, Mayhaw, Decatur Co A/P, Boykin, Mimsville, Sharphagen
and Donaldsonville A/P.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3129 8445 3117 8447 3116 8448 3114 8448
      3113 8450 3108 8451 3108 8448 3102 8449
      3088 8459 3108 8515 3128 8509
TIME...MOT...LOC 1735Z 290DEG 22KT 3130 8492 3117 8494 3103 8504

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 11:56 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Bay, Gulf, Walton	36 hr
Jun 11, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson, Madison	45 min
Jun 11, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson	43 min
Jun 11, 5:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Jefferson, Leon	115 min
Jun 11, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay	52 min
Jun 11, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes	50 min
Jun 11, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Berrien, Lanier, Lowndes	31 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.