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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 10:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson and 5 more | 5 days |
| Aug 2, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 94 min | |
| Aug 1, 9:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lee, Turner, Worth | 29 min |
| Aug 1, 10:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin, Lee, Tift, Turner, Worth | 47 min |
| Aug 1, 10:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin | 34 min |
| Aug 1, 10:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dougherty, Worth | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lee | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 3:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Randolph, Terrell | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Baker | 43 min |
| Aug 2, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Berrien | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Worth | 23 min |
| Aug 2, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Randolph | 53 min |
| Aug 2, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Worth | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Randolph, Terrell | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Turner | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 5:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Dougherty, Lee, Worth | 111 min |
| Aug 2, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Cook, Lanier | 40 min |
| Aug 2, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lanier | 49 min |
| Aug 2, 7:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Berrien, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Henry | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Geneva | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Houston | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Coffee | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 6:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Coffee | 2 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.