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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 1, 2021Ben Hill County, Irwin County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 10:56 PM EDT for Ben Hill County, Irwin County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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, 10:56 PM EDT (02:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2021, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Ben Hill County, GA, Irwin County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 231 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°0°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.

235 
WWUS82 KTAE 020256
SPSTAE

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1056 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
 
GAZ128-130-131-020330-
Irwin GA-Turner GA-Ben Hill GA-
1056 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR IRWIN...NORTHEASTERN TURNER AND
BEN HILL COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM EDT...

At 1055 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Fitzgerald, moving east at 15 mph.

Pea size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Fitzgerald, Ocilla, Mystic, Rebecca, Lulaville, Osierfield, Pinetta,
Ashton, Irwinville, Fitzgerald Municipal A/P, Irwinville Airport,
Wray, Arp, Abba and Queensland.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3166 8301 3164 8301 3164 8303 3162 8303
      3162 8304 3161 8305 3161 8306 3155 8306
      3148 8311 3147 8317 3166 8355 3185 8349
      3185 8342 3177 8300 3166 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 0255Z 290DEG 15KT 3169 8324 

$$

HANER

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, 9:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELee, Turner, Worth49 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, 10:58 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.