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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 11, 2021Worth County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Dec 11, 2021, 7:21 PM EST for Worth 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: Dec 11, 2021, 7:21 PM EST (00:21 UTC)
Expired: Dec 11, 2021, 8:00 PM EST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Worth County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 129 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: 246 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 2.9

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The text

As transmitted.

033 
WWUS82 KTAE 120021
SPSTAE

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
721 PM EST Sat Dec 11 2021
 
GAZ125>128-144>146-120100-
Worth GA-Colquitt GA-Lee GA-Baker GA-Dougherty GA-Mitchell GA-
Turner GA-
721 PM EST Sat Dec 11 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of eastern Dougherty,
southwestern Turner, northeastern Mitchell, southeastern Lee,
northeastern Baker, northwestern Colquitt and southern Worth Counties
through 800 PM EST...

At 721 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Turner City to near Newton. Movement was east
at 30 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...
Sylvester, Putney, Albany, Baconton, Poulan, Doerun, East Albany,
Marine Corps Logistics Base, Turner City, Terrell, Sumner,
Bridgeboro, Stocks, Radium Springs, Sylvester Airport, Anderson City,
Tempy, Southwest Ga Regional A/P, Parkerville and Red Rock.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3164 8366 3127 8388 3135 8433 3166 8411
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 266DEG 27KT 3161 8408 3137 8427 

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

$$

02-MONTGOMERY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 11, 11:47 PM EST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	TAE		7 hr
Dec 11, 11:58 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Madison	17 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.