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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 30, 2021Ben Hill County, Irwin County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2021, 2:41 PM EDT for Ben Hill County, Irwin County, Georgia. It was in force for 79 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: Jun 30, 2021, 2:41 PM EDT (18:41 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 79 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Ben Hill County, GA, Irwin County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:43 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 177 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: 244 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 662 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 35 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 30, 1:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 1:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 1:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 2:05 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 2:25 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 2:41 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
241 PM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021

GAZ128>131-148-302000-
Berrien GA-Tift GA-Irwin GA-Turner GA-Ben Hill GA-
241 PM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR IRWIN...NORTH CENTRAL BERRIEN...
EASTERN TURNER...NORTHEASTERN TIFT AND BEN HILL COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM
EDT...

At 240 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Jacksonville to Ambrose to near
Willacoochee. Movement was northwest at 20 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Fitzgerald, Ocilla, Tifton, Mystic, Rebecca, Chula, Lulaville,
Gladys, Osierfield, Harding, Waterloo, Pinetta, Ashton, Irwinville,
Fitzgerald Municipal A/P, Irwinville Airport, Wray, Bowens Mill, Red
Bluff and Arp.

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.

These storms 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 3166 8300 3166 8301 3164 8301 3161 8306
      3155 8306 3148 8311 3146 8315 3144 8314
      3140 8314 3138 8312 3139 8315 3147 8358
      3185 8355 3184 8321 3185 8318 3183 8314
      3181 8313 3182 8311 3178 8303 3178 8299
TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 120DEG 18KT 3179 8303 3162 8302 3141 8302

72-BUNKER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 30, 1:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay	44 min
Jun 30, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Washington	50 min
Jun 30, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dixie, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor	60 min
Jun 30, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Jun 30, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson, Taylor	67 min
Jun 30, 7:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jackson	44 min
Jun 30, 7:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun	46 min
Jun 30, 2:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Terrell	55 min
Jun 30, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Randolph	40 min
Jun 30, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dougherty, Irwin, Lee, Turner, Worth	71 min
Jun 30, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Grady, Thomas	41 min
Jun 30, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Grady, Mitchell	44 min
Jun 30, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty	36 min
Jun 30, 5:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Early, Miller	41 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.