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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 19, 2021Thomas County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Dec 19, 2021, 3:29 AM EST for Thomas County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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 19, 2021, 3:29 AM EST (08:29 UTC)
Expired: Dec 19, 2021, 4:15 AM EST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 30

County Thomas County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:31 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 66 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: 430 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 561 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

244 
WWUS82 KTAE 190829
SPSTAE

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
329 AM EST Sun Dec 19 2021
 
GAZ146-157>159-190915-
Brooks GA-Colquitt GA-Grady GA-Thomas GA-
329 AM EST Sun Dec 19 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of east central Grady,
northern Thomas, western Brooks and southwestern Colquitt Counties
through 415 AM EST...

At 329 AM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Cairo, moving northeast at 30 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...
Cairo, Thomasville, Ochlocknee, Pavo, Coolidge, Grady Co A/p,
Autreyville, Dillon, Enon, Center Hill, Merrillville, Chastain,
Dawesville, Moultrie Municipal A/P, Pine Park, Pasco, Murphy and
Thomasville Municipal A/P.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3082 8414 3089 8419 3118 8386 3097 8366
TIME...MOT...LOC 0829Z 241DEG 28KT 3088 8409 

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

$$

72-BUNKER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 18, 10:37 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes	38 min
Dec 19, 1:36 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gulf, Liberty	39 min
Dec 19, 2:27 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Wakulla	48 min
Dec 19, 2:58 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		32 min
Dec 19, 3:21 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Wakulla	54 min
Dec 19, 2:30 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift	30 min
Dec 19, 5:06 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks, Cook	54 min
Dec 18, 7:39 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry	3 hr
Dec 18, 10:08 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston	3 hr

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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.