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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 14, 2021Calhoun County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 14, 2021, 6:09 PM EDT for Calhoun County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 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 14, 2021, 6:09 PM EDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2021, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Calhoun County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 211 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: 740 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1027 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.1

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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 14, 3:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 3:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 1:43 PM EDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 14, 2:06 PM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
457 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021

GAZ122-124-142145-
Randolph GA-Terrell GA-
457 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN RANDOLPH AND TERRELL
COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM EDT...

At 457 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Weston, or 10 miles south of Preston, moving south at 15 mph.

Pea size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Dawson, Shellman, Sasser, Bronwood, Parrott, Pachitla, Bridges
Crossroad, Yeomans, Dawson Municipal A/P, Graves, Oakville,
Chambliss, Olivers Mill and Brooksville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3195 8443 3193 8440 3188 8436 3187 8433
      3170 8430 3171 8471 3192 8467 3192 8445
      3194 8444 3196 8444
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 005DEG 12KT 3192 8454

22-BARRY

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:09 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
609 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021

GAZ123-142-144-142300-
Baker GA-Calhoun GA-Early GA-
609 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN BAKER...CALHOUN AND
NORTHEASTERN EARLY COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA UNTIL 700 PM
EDT...

At 609 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Morgan, moving south at 15 mph.

Pea size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Morgan, Edison, Arlington, Douglasville, Damascus, Iveys Mill,
Milford, Parksville, Crestview, Cordrays Mill, Cuba, Commissary Hill,
Turman, Old Damascus, Bethany, Hentown, Patmos, Dickey, Rowena and
Moye.

LAT...LON 3126 8453 3126 8487 3150 8483 3150 8482
      3152 8482 3152 8481 3153 8481 3153 8482
      3155 8482 3155 8481 3156 8480 3157 8482
      3161 8481 3161 8454
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 005DEG 11KT 3151 8468

22-BARRY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 8:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	34 min
Jun 13, 8:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		61 min
Jun 13, 9:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		93 min
Jun 14, 11:38 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Gulf	12 hr
Jun 14, 1:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lafayette, Taylor	32 min
Jun 14, 2:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dixie	24 min
Jun 14, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Terrell	48 min
Jun 14, 6:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Early	31 min
Jun 13, 9:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Coffee	38 min
Jun 13, 10:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Coffee	49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.