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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 20, 2021, 7:13 PM EDT for 4 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 20, 2021, 7:13 PM EDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 50
Counties Dougherty County, GA, Lee County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Terrell County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 675 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1045 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
921
WWUS82 KTAE 202313
SPSTAE
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
713 PM EDT Fri Aug 20 2021
GAZ121>127-210000-
Worth GA-Randolph GA-Lee GA-Dougherty GA-Terrell GA-Calhoun GA-
Clay GA-
713 PM EDT Fri Aug 20 2021
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northwestern
Dougherty, northeastern Clay, Randolph, Lee, northern Calhoun,
Terrell Counties in southwestern Georgia and northwestern Worth
Counties in south central Georgia through 800 PM EDT...
At 713 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Cuthbert to near Dawson. Movement was east
at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Albany, Dawson, Leesburg, Cuthbert, Shellman, Smithville, Turner
City, East Albany, Walker, Warwick, Sasser, Bronwood, Parrott,
Stocks, Carnegie, Dawson Municipal A/P, Chambliss, Neyami, Bethel and
Chickasawhatchee.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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 3147 8428 3167 8502
3192 8478 3192 8445 3196 8444
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 277DEG 18KT 3179 8483 3169 8443
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 56 min |
| Aug 20, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 67 min |
| Aug 20, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun, Liberty | 38 min |
| Aug 20, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Liberty | 30 min |
| Aug 20, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 41 min |
| Aug 20, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva | 59 min |
| Aug 20, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston | 44 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.