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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Oct 3, 2021, 5:42 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia; Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 48 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
- Oct 3, 2021, 5:42 PM EDT (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 3, 2021, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 30
Counties Henry County, AL, Clay County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Terrell County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 613 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 819 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
821
WWUS82 KTAE 032142
SPSTAE
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
542 PM EDT Sun Oct 3 2021
ALZ067-GAZ120>124-126-142-032230-
Henry AL-Quitman GA-Randolph GA-Lee GA-Terrell GA-Calhoun GA-Clay GA-
Early GA-
542 PM EDT Sun Oct 3 2021
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Henry County in
southeastern Alabama, Clay, Randolph, northwestern Lee, northwestern
Calhoun, northwestern Early, Quitman and Terrell Counties in
southwestern Georgia through 630 PM EDT/530 PM CDT/...
At 542 PM EDT/442 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from near Plains to 7 miles
north of Shellman to 7 miles west of Cuthbert to near Fort Gaines to
near Abbeville. Movement was north at 10 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...
Abbeville, Fort Gaines, Georgetown, Dawson, Cuthbert, Shellman,
Smithville, Bronwood, Parrott, Bellville, Haleburg, Bluffton,
Shorterville, Wire Bridge, Carnegie, Hayes, Watson Crossroads,
Scottsboro Crossroads, Ricks Place and Pecan.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3197 8495 3195 8496 3192 8491 3192 8445
3194 8444 3196 8444 3187 8434 3192 8434
3191 8410 3177 8428 3164 8473 3136 8503
3135 8523 3163 8542 3171 8542 3170 8522
3174 8520 3177 8512 3189 8513 3199 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 170DEG 7KT 3196 8438 3186 8465 3179 8492 3164
8513 3160 8533
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
$$
72-BUNKERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 7:38 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 67 min | |
| Oct 3, 8:29 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 91 min | |
| Oct 3, 10:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 40 min |
| Oct 3, 11:12 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 63 min | |
| Oct 3, 11:25 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Franklin, Liberty, Wakulla | 110 min |
| Oct 3, 12:14 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Gulf | 36 hr |
| Oct 3, 12:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin | 43 min |
| Oct 3, 12:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Franklin, Liberty, Wakulla | 3 hr |
| Oct 3, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Grady | 52 min |
| Oct 3, 3:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Decatur, Grady, Mitchell | 115 min |
| Oct 3, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Miller | 49 min |
| Oct 3, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Clay, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell | 51 min |
Nearby
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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.