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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 27, 2021Grady County, Thomas County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 27, 2021, 3:36 PM EDT for Grady County, Thomas County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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 27, 2021, 3:36 PM EDT (19:36 UTC)
Expired: Aug 27, 2021, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

Counties Grady County, GA, Thomas County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 73 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 291 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 977 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 27, 2:51 PM EDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 2:51 PM EDT, 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 27, 2:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
230 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021

FLZ018-019-028-271915-
Inland Taylor FL-Inland Jefferson FL-Madison FL-
230 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of central Jefferson,
northwestern Taylor and southwestern Madison Counties through 315 PM
EDT...

At 230 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 7 miles southwest of Madison to 8 miles north
of Perry. Movement was northwest at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Monticello, Greenville, Goose Pasture, Hells Half Acre, Iddo, Moseley
Hall, Ebb, Secotan, Boyd, Lamont, Aucilla, Capps, Lois, Eridu, Nash,
Cabbage Grove, Drifton, Casa Blanco, Lake Bird and Montivilla.

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.

These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3061 8390 3019 8400 3015 8351 3043 8347
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 117DEG 21KT 3042 8353 3024 8356

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

01-GONZALEZ

Special weather statement, Aug 27, 2:49 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
249 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021

GAZ127>129-131-146>148-271930-
Berrien GA-Tift GA-Worth GA-Colquitt GA-Irwin GA-Cook GA-Turner GA-
249 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Cook, southwestern
Irwin, northwestern Berrien, southwestern Turner, Colquitt, Tift and
Worth Counties through 330 PM EDT...

At 248 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Tifton to near Lenox to near Sparks.
Movement was northwest at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Tifton, Moultrie, Adel, Ashburn, Sylvester, Sparks, Enigma, Omega,
Norman Park, Lenox, Poulan, Doerun, Ty Ty, Phillipsburg, Unionville,
Riverside, Worth, Terrell, Schley and Sycamore.

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 3147 8330 3103 8342 3103 8347 3105 8350
      3105 8354 3108 8357 3103 8357 3104 8392
      3138 8397 3167 8395 3181 8381 3181 8372
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 136DEG 31KT 3148 8343 3133 8350 3116 8348

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

01-GONZALEZ

Special weather statement, Aug 27, 3:11 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 27, 3:36 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 26, 8:51 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		114 min
Aug 27, 4:08 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		67 min
Aug 27, 4:26 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton	7 days
Aug 27, 6:42 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		63 min
Aug 27, 7:44 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		46 min
Aug 27, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson	45 min
Aug 27, 2:39 PM EDT	High Surf Advisory	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton	5 days
Aug 27, 2:54 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	TAE		5 days
Aug 27, 2:54 PM EDT	Tropical Storm Watch	TAE		32 hr
Aug 27, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson, Taylor	49 min
Aug 27, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Aug 27, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dixie, Lafayette	52 min
Aug 27, 4:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden	65 min
Aug 27, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		115 min
Aug 27, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lafayette, Madison	48 min
Aug 27, 5:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		55 min
Aug 27, 6:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson, Madison, Taylor	66 min
Aug 27, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Madison, Taylor	44 min
Aug 27, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla	34 min
Aug 27, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		90 min
Aug 27, 7:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	51 min
Aug 27, 7:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden	52 min
Aug 27, 7:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jackson	39 min
Aug 27, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Colquitt, Cook, Tift, Turner, Worth	41 min
Aug 27, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Colquitt, Cook	44 min
Aug 27, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lowndes, Turner	33 min
Aug 27, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill	31 min
Aug 27, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dougherty, Lee	44 min
Aug 27, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Turner	45 min
Aug 27, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Terrell	36 min
Aug 27, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dougherty	26 min
Aug 27, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Randolph	52 min
Aug 27, 6:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay	38 min
Aug 26, 11:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Coffee	37 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.