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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Jacksonville, FL

March 31, 2022Appling County, Wayne County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2022, 1:38 PM EDT for Appling County, Wayne County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 31, 2022, 1:38 PM EDT (17:38 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2022, 2:04 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Appling County, GA, Wayne County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 31, 6:40 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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: 21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 658 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 342 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 397 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 31, 1:21 PM EDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 1:21 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 31, 11:01 AM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
1101 AM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022

GAZ132-149-311530-
Atkinson GA-Coffee GA-
1101 AM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southern Coffee and
northwestern Atkinson Counties through 1130 AM EDT...

At 1100 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Nashville, moving northeast at 70 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Douglas, Willacoochee, Broxton and Ambrose.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3147 8314 3147 8312 3151 8308 3156 8306
      3161 8306 3164 8301 3166 8301 3166 8300
      3171 8299 3149 8268 3126 8304 3128 8303
      3131 8306 3133 8306 3136 8310 3139 8311
      3140 8314 3143 8314 3146 8315
TIME...MOT...LOC 1500Z 232DEG 59KT 3124 8332

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 12:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1202 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1156 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 2 NE JACKSONVILLE INTER 30.50N 81.68W
03/31/2022  M43 MPH          DUVAL              FL   ASOS

            ASOS STATION KJAX JACKSONVILLE INTL AIRPORT.

&&

DD

Special weather statement, Mar 31, 12:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
1218 PM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022

GAZ132-149-163-250-311700-
Atkinson GA-Clinch GA-Coffee GA-Northern Ware GA-
1218 PM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Coffee,
Atkinson, northwestern Ware and northwestern Clinch Counties through
100 PM EDT...

At 1218 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles southwest of Pearson, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph and minor flooding due to heavy
         rainfall.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor flooding due to heavy rainfall is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Douglas, Pearson, West Green, Millwood, Bickley and Axson.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 PM EDT for southeastern
Georgia.

&&

LAT...LON 3162 8273 3128 8248 3112 8297 3118 8297
      3118 8304 3120 8305 3123 8305 3125 8304
      3126 8304 3127 8303 3130 8305
TIME...MOT...LOC 1618Z 240DEG 30KT 3123 8296

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 1:12 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 1:20 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 31, 1:30 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 2:02 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	JAX		25 hr
Mar 31, 3:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Gilchrist	36 min
Mar 31, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Bradford	42 min
Mar 31, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Alachua	48 min
Mar 31, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Gilchrist	56 min
Mar 31, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clay	46 min
Mar 31, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Saint Johns	43 min
Mar 31, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Alachua	29 min
Mar 31, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Putnam	51 min
Mar 31, 5:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Putnam	42 min
Mar 31, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Flagler, Saint Johns	42 min
Mar 31, 6:41 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		34 min
Mar 31, 7:01 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		59 min
Mar 31, 7:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		35 min
Mar 31, 11:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Coffee	29 min
Mar 31, 11:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Coffee	32 min
Mar 31, 11:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis	33 min
Mar 31, 11:58 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Appling, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis	16 min
Mar 31, 12:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Atkinson	42 min
Mar 31, 12:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Bacon, Clinch, Coffee, Pierce, Ware	38 min
Mar 31, 12:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Pierce, Ware	36 min
Mar 31, 1:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Wayne	30 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.