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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 7, 2021Lowndes County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 5:24 PM EDT for Lowndes County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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 7, 2021, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
30

County Lowndes County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 104 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 973 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
973 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
625 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

211 
WWUS82 KTAE 072124
SPSTAE

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
524 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
 
GAZ159-160-072200-
Brooks GA-Lowndes GA-
524 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Lowndes and
east central Brooks Counties through 600 PM EDT...

At 524 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Valdosta, moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is 
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Valdosta, Lake Park, Hahira, I-75 At Exit 16, Remerton, Dasher, I-75
At Exit 22, I-75 At Exit 11, Valdosta Regional Airport and Kinderlou.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3084 8349 3099 8338 3089 8309 3066 8325
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 301DEG 12KT 3088 8337 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

$$

KR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWakulla34 min

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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.