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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jacksonville, FL

July 20, 2022Wayne County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2022, 3:21 PM EDT for Wayne County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jul 20, 2022, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2022, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Wayne County, GA

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 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: 2407 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 577 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.1

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 20, 3:17 PM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 3:17 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 20, 2:28 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
228 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2022

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

0209 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 NE YULEE              30.66N 81.54W
07/20/2022  M41 MPH          NASSAU             FL   MESONET

            MESONET STATION AP505 YULEE.

&&

PK

Special weather statement, Jul 20, 2:35 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
235 PM EDT Wed Jul 20 2022

GAZ151-250-201915-
Pierce GA-Northern Ware GA-
235 PM EDT Wed Jul 20 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Pierce
and north central Ware Counties through 315 PM EDT...

At 235 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Jamestown, or near Waycross, moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Waycross, Blackshear, Jamestown and Pebble Hill.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3144 8226 3124 8214 3123 8215 3121 8222
      3122 8228 3120 8229 3117 8246 3125 8251
TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 246DEG 18KT 3128 8238

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

KB

Special weather statement, Jul 20, 2:40 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
240 PM EDT Wed Jul 20 2022

FLZ125-225-325-425-201930-
Western Duval FL-South Central Duval FL-Trout River FL-
Coastal Duval FL-
240 PM EDT Wed Jul 20 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Duval County
through 330 PM EDT...

At 239 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Normandy, or near Jacksonville, moving east at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph, pea size hail, excessive
         cloud-to-ground lightning, and minor flooding due to heavy
         rainfall.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible. Minor flooding due to heavy rainfall is possible.
         Excessive cloud-to-ground lightning is occurring.

Locations impacted include...
Jacksonville, Arlington, Nas Jax, Ortega, Normandy, San Marco,
Riverside, Tallyrand and Jacksonville Heights.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3023 8184 3032 8183 3043 8161 3021 8157
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 250DEG 8KT 3030 8178

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

KB

Special weather statement, Jul 20, 2:50 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 3:01 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 3:21 PM EDT, 0 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
Jul 20, 12:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Nassau	36 min
Jul 20, 1:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Nassau	29 min
Jul 20, 1:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Duval	40 min
Jul 20, 1:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Flagler	50 min
Jul 20, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Marion	33 min
Jul 20, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		65 min
Jul 20, 2:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAX	Duval	89 min
Jul 20, 2:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Duval	50 min
Jul 20, 2:47 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAX	Duval	65 min
Jul 20, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Flagler	40 min
Jul 20, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		67 min
Jul 20, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Saint Johns	44 min
Jul 20, 3:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAX	Flagler	83 min
Jul 20, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Marion	45 min
Jul 20, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Flagler	28 min
Jul 20, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Putnam	47 min
Jul 20, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Marion	44 min
Jul 20, 4:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAX	Marion	86 min
Jul 20, 4:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAX	Putnam	90 min
Jul 20, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Alachua	43 min
Jul 20, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Alachua	47 min
Jul 20, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Duval	37 min
Jul 20, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clay	35 min
Jul 20, 6:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Duval	24 min
Jul 20, 1:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clinch	26 min
Jul 20, 2:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Charlton	52 min
Jul 20, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Pierce	40 min
Jul 20, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Wayne	25 min

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