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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 7, 20217 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this wind advisory at Jul 7, 2021, 12:19 PM EDT for 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 2021, 12:19 PM EDT (16:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2021, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:21 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, 4.3 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 457 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
457 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
745 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

770 
WWUS72 KTAE 071619
NPWTAE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1219 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021

GAZ129>131-146>148-158-080600-
/O.NEW.KTAE.WI.Y.0005.210707T1619Z-210708T0600Z/
Tift-Ben Hill-Irwin-Colquitt-Cook-Berrien-Thomas-
Including the cities of Chula, Harding, Sunsweet, Tifton, Ashton,
Bowens Mill, Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald Municipal A/P, Queensland, 
Westwood, Waterloo, Abba, Irwinville, Ocilla, Moultrie, 
Moultrie Municipal A/P, Spence Airport, Adel, Cook Co A/P, 
Greggs, Pine Valley, Barneyville, Laconte, Massee, 
Berrien Co A/P, Cottle, Nashville, Weber, Bannockburn, Dillon, 
Metcalf, Pasco, and Thomasville
1219 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Sustained winds of 25 to 30 mph with gusts to 35 to 40
  mph.

* WHERE...Portions of southwest Georgia. 

* WHEN...Through tonight.

* IMPACTS...Lose objects may be displaced. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Wind Advisory means that winds of 35 mph are expected. Winds
this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
018 
WWUS72 KTAE 072130
NPWTAE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
530 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021

GAZ146-158-072230-
/O.CAN.KTAE.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-210708T0600Z/
Colquitt-Thomas-
Including the cities of Moultrie, Moultrie Municipal A/P, 
Spence Airport, Dillon, Metcalf, Pasco, and Thomasville
530 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

The wind advisory has been cancelled for Thomas and Colquitt
Counties.

$$

GAZ129>131-147-148-080600-
/O.CON.KTAE.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-210708T0600Z/
Tift-Ben Hill-Irwin-Cook-Berrien-
Including the cities of Chula, Harding, Sunsweet, Tifton, Ashton,
Bowens Mill, Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald Municipal A/P, Queensland, 
Westwood, Waterloo, Abba, Irwinville, Ocilla, Adel, Cook Co A/P, 
Greggs, Pine Valley, Barneyville, Laconte, Massee, 
Berrien Co A/P, Cottle, Nashville, Weber, and Bannockburn
530 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Sustained winds of 25 to 30 mph with gusts to 35 to 40 
  mph. 

* WHERE...Portions of southwest Georgia.

* WHEN...Through tonight.

* IMPACTS...Lose objects may be displaced.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Wind Advisory means that wind gusts of 40 mph are expected. 
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high 
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 9:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGrady, Thomas54 min
Jul 7, 10:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBerrien, Colquitt, Cook, Tift, Worth80 min
Jul 7, 11:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDecatur, Seminole63 min
Jul 7, 1:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELee, Turner, Worth59 min
Jul 7, 1:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun, Clay, Early, Quitman88 min
Jul 7, 1:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEBrooks, Lowndes5 hr
Jul 7, 2:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEBerrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes3 hr
Jul 7, 6:19 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningTAEBerrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes6 hr

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.