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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 2, 2021Lee County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 3:23 PM EDT for Lee County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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 2, 2021, 3:23 PM EDT (19:23 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Lee County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-223 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1149 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

519 
WWUS82 KTAE 021923
SPSTAE

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
323 PM EDT Mon Aug 2 2021
 
GAZ122-124-126-022000-
Randolph GA-Lee GA-Terrell GA-
323 PM EDT Mon Aug 2 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN RANDOLPH...
NORTHWESTERN LEE AND NORTHERN TERRELL COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

At 322 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 9 miles south of Lumpkin to near Weston to near
Smithville. Movement was east at 10 mph.

Winds up to 40 mph and very heavy rain are possible with these 
storms.

Locations impacted include...
Dawson, Smithville, Bronwood, Parrott, Yeomans, Scrutchins, Oakville,
Chambliss, Olivers Mill, Neyami, Brooksville, Benevolence and Wades.

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 3194 8440 3187 8434 3192 8434 3191 8412
      3179 8408 3177 8433 3179 8460 3185 8484
      3192 8491 3193 8480 3192 8480 3192 8445
      3194 8444
TIME...MOT...LOC 1922Z 258DEG 8KT 3193 8485 3189 8458 3186 8431 

$$

21-WD

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, 10:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBen Hill, Irwin34 min
Aug 1, 10:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDougherty, Worth47 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.