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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 10:13 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 47 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, 10:13 PM EDT (02:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2021, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Ben Hill County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lee County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 198 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.
607
WWUS82 KTAE 020213
SPSTAE
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1013 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
GAZ125>131-148-020300-
Berrien GA-Tift GA-Worth GA-Lee GA-Dougherty GA-Irwin GA-Turner GA-
Ben Hill GA-
1013 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR IRWIN...NORTHWESTERN BERRIEN...
NORTHEASTERN DOUGHERTY...TURNER...LEE...TIFT...BEN HILL AND WORTH
COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...
At 1012 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Fitzgerald to 11 miles north of Sylvester
to 6 miles southwest of Smithville. Movement was southeast at 20 mph.
Pea size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Tifton, Albany, Ashburn, Ocilla, Fitzgerald, Sylvester, Leesburg,
Enigma, Poulan, Ty Ty, Smithville, Phillipsburg, Mystic, Unionville,
East Albany, Marine Corps Logistics Base, Turner City, Worth, Terrell
and Sycamore.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
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 3191 8406 3189 8393 3184 8394 3184 8386
3180 8380 3180 8361 3185 8361 3185 8320
3166 8300 3161 8306 3155 8306 3148 8311
3146 8315 3142 8314 3135 8356 3157 8421
3172 8430 3183 8426 3187 8434 3192 8434
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 323DEG 18KT 3179 8327 3169 8386 3185 8435
$$
HANERThe 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, 9:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lee, Turner, Worth | 49 min |
| Aug 1, 9:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lee, Turner, Worth | 29 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.