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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 30, 2021Grady County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 30, 2021, 1:21 PM EDT for Grady 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 30, 2021, 1:21 PM EDT (17:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 30, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Grady County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:24 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 45 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: 1312 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 724 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

179 
WWUS82 KTAE 301721
SPSTAE

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
121 PM EDT Mon Aug 30 2021
 
FLZ016-017-GAZ145-156>158-301800-
Gadsden FL-Leon FL-Decatur GA-Mitchell GA-Grady GA-Thomas GA-
121 PM EDT Mon Aug 30 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northeastern Gadsden,
northeastern Leon, eastern Decatur, Grady, south central Mitchell and
western Thomas Counties through 200 PM EDT...

At 121 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 8 miles southwest of Thomasville to 6 miles
northeast of Havana. Movement was north at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Cairo, Havana, Thomasville, Ochlocknee, Whigham, Climax, Capel,
Darsey, Rocky Hill, Iamonia, Harrells Still, Calvary, Princes Still,
Peoples Still, Amsterdam, Quality, Nickleville, Hinson, Vada and
Akridge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3067 8398 3067 8401 3064 8401 3062 8445
      3108 8443 3110 8405
TIME...MOT...LOC 1721Z 165DEG 21KT 3074 8407 3069 8435 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 29, 11:15 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		60 min
Aug 30, 12:09 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		51 min
Aug 30, 3:27 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Walton and 1 more	36 hr
Aug 30, 5:58 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		92 min
Aug 30, 11:32 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		28 min
Aug 30, 12:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Washington	45 min
Aug 30, 12:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Aug 30, 12:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	49 min
Aug 30, 1:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	41 min
Aug 30, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Jackson, Washington	55 min
Aug 30, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Aug 30, 3:36 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	TAE	Bay, Gulf, Walton	22 hr
Aug 30, 3:36 PM EDT	High Surf Advisory	TAE	Gulf	43 hr
Aug 30, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Liberty	49 min
Aug 30, 1:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Decatur	48 min
Aug 30, 1:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Grady	31 min
Aug 30, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dougherty, Mitchell	47 min
Aug 30, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Lee, Quitman, Randolph and 1 more	61 min
Aug 30, 2:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee	23 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.