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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 18, 2022Gadsden County, Florida; 6 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Apr 18, 2022, 3:08 AM EDT for Gadsden County, Florida; 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 52 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: Apr 18, 2022, 3:08 AM EDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired: Apr 18, 2022, 4:00 AM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

Counties Gadsden County, FL, Baker County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Grady County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Seminole County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 275 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: 58 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1313 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

000 
WWUS82 KTAE 180708
SPSTAE

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
308 AM EDT Mon Apr 18 2022
 
FLZ011-016-026-GAZ142>145-155>157-180800-
Liberty FL-Gadsden FL-Jackson FL-Miller GA-Decatur GA-Baker GA-
Mitchell GA-Seminole GA-Grady GA-Early GA-
308 AM EDT Mon Apr 18 2022

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southeastern Jackson,
Gadsden, north central Liberty, Decatur, Grady, Miller, Mitchell,
Baker, Seminole and east central Early Counties through 400 AM
EDT/300 AM CDT/...

At 308 AM EDT/208 AM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from Colquitt to near
Chattahoochee. Movement was southeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Winds up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Colquitt, Newton, Quincy, Havana, Pelham, Bainbridge, Midway, Cairo,
Camilla, Donalsonville, Baconton, Whigham, Chattahoochee, Greensboro,
West Bainbridge, Sneads, Gretna, Attapulgus, Iron City and Climax.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3144 8403 3086 8417 3068 8428 3068 8430
      3063 8431 3058 8437 3051 8440 3048 8440
      3053 8499 3057 8496 3058 8496 3058 8495
      3061 8493 3060 8498 3125 8479 3143 8450
TIME...MOT...LOC 0708Z 292DEG 29KT 3116 8475 3069 8492 

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

$$

21-WD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 18, 12:51 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		84 min
Apr 18, 1:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes	28 min
Apr 18, 1:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TAE	Bay, Holmes, Walton, Washington	34 min
Apr 18, 1:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington	65 min
Apr 18, 2:16 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		89 min
Apr 18, 2:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty, Wakulla	64 min
Apr 18, 3:00 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	TAE		35 hr
Apr 18, 3:45 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		90 min
Apr 18, 3:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla	38 min
Apr 18, 12:12 PM EDT	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Gulf	17 hr
Apr 18, 2:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Early	32 min
Apr 18, 4:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks, Colquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas, Tift and 1 more	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.