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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 1, 2021Lee County, Turner County, Worth County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 9:26 PM EDT for Lee County, Turner County, Worth County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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
Aug 1, 2021, 9:26 PM EDT (01:26 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2021, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Lee County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 178 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2021-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 542 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2021-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
542 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1232 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

As transmitted.

215 
WWUS82 KTAE 020126
SPSTAE

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
926 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
 
GAZ124>128-131-020215-
Worth GA-Lee GA-Dougherty GA-Terrell GA-Irwin GA-Turner GA-
926 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN IRWIN...NORTHEASTERN
DOUGHERTY...TURNER...LEE...NORTHEASTERN TERRELL AND NORTHERN WORTH
COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM EDT...

At 925 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Pineview to Leslie to 6 miles southwest of
Plains. Movement was southeast at 25 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Leesburg, Albany, Ashburn, Sylvester, Smithville, East Albany, Marine
Corps Logistics Base, Turner City, Worth, Terrell, Sycamore, Warwick,
Sasser, Bronwood, Rebecca, Parrott, Chokee, Stocks, Forrester and
Amboy.

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 3187 8434 3192 8434 3191 8392 3185 8394
      3184 8386 3180 8380 3180 8361 3185 8361
      3185 8350 3167 8337 3151 8398 3160 8424
      3192 8453 3192 8445 3196 8444
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 293DEG 20KT 3214 8355 3197 8409 3198 8448 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 10:32 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson and 5 more5 days
Aug 2, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson41 min
Aug 2, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE94 min
Aug 1, 9:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELee, Turner, Worth29 min
Aug 1, 10:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBen Hill, Irwin, Lee, Tift, Turner, Worth47 min
Aug 1, 10:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBen Hill, Irwin34 min
Aug 1, 10:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDougherty, Worth47 min
Aug 2, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELee37 min
Aug 2, 3:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAERandolph, Terrell2 hr
Aug 2, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBaker43 min
Aug 2, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBerrien44 min
Aug 2, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWorth23 min
Aug 2, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAERandolph53 min
Aug 2, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWorth47 min
Aug 2, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAERandolph, Terrell42 min
Aug 2, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAETurner46 min
Aug 2, 5:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEDougherty, Lee, Worth111 min
Aug 2, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECook, Lanier40 min
Aug 2, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELanier49 min
Aug 2, 7:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBerrien, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes2 hr
Aug 2, 3:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHenry44 min
Aug 2, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGeneva48 min
Aug 2, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHouston47 min
Aug 2, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECoffee46 min
Aug 2, 6:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAECoffee2 hr

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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.