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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 7, 2022Tift County, Turner County, Worth County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2022, 1:39 PM EDT for Tift County, Turner County, Worth County, Georgia. It was in force for 66 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: Aug 7, 2022, 1:39 PM EDT (17:39 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2022, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 30

Counties Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:39 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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 203 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: 289 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 886 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 7, 9:45 AM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 9:45 AM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 1:01 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
101 PM EDT Sun Aug 7 2022

FLZ015-026-027-115-071730-
Inland Franklin FL-Liberty FL-Coastal Franklin FL-Inland Wakulla FL-
101 PM EDT Sun Aug 7 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of east central Gulf,
southwestern Wakulla, southern Liberty and north central Franklin
Counties through 130 PM EDT...

At 101 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13
miles northwest of Carrabelle, moving west at 15 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...
Orange, East Camp, Jewel Fire Tower, Morgan Place, Vilas, Jensen
Place, Central City, Sanborn, Owens Bridge, Poplar Camp, Smith Creek,
Kern, Wilma, Sumatra, Nixon Garden, Twin Pole and Fort Gadsden.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 2990 8502 3030 8503 3019 8457 2993 8460
TIME...MOT...LOC 1701Z 100DEG 12KT 3003 8479

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

72-BUNKER

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 1:16 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
116 PM EDT Sun Aug 7 2022

FLZ015-115-127-071745-
Inland Franklin FL-Coastal Wakulla FL-Coastal Franklin FL-
116 PM EDT Sun Aug 7 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of south central
Wakulla and northeastern Franklin Counties through 145 PM EDT...

At 115 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles northeast of Carrabelle, moving southeast at 5 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...
Carrabelle, Alligator Point, Saint Teresa, Turkey Point,
Panacea-Wakulla Airport, Mcintyre, Lanark Village, Curtis Mill and
Panacea.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 2984 8468 3001 8466 3001 8454 3005 8452
      3005 8437 2983 8438 2982 8441
TIME...MOT...LOC 1715Z 317DEG 5KT 2995 8453

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

72-BUNKER

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 1:37 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
137 PM EDT Sun Aug 7 2022

FLZ013>015-026-071815-
Inland Franklin FL-Liberty FL-Calhoun FL-Inland Gulf FL-
137 PM EDT Sun Aug 7 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Gulf
and south central Calhoun Counties in the Panhandle of Florida,
southwestern Liberty and northwestern Franklin Counties in Big Bend
of Florida through 215 PM EDT/115 PM CDT/...

At 137 PM EDT/1237 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm 13 miles east of Stonemill Creek, or 22 miles north of
Eastpoint. This storm was nearly stationary.

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...
Stonemill Creek, Orange, Wewahitchka, Honeyville, Chipola Cutoff,
Central City, Red Hill, Kern, Wilma, Lewis, Sumatra, Willis Landing
and Dalkeith.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 2995 8524 3028 8517 3017 8482 2998 8491
TIME...MOT...LOC 1737Z 102DEG 3KT 3007 8497

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

72-BUNKER

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 1:39 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
139 PM EDT Sun Aug 7 2022

GAZ127>129-071845-
Tift GA-Worth GA-Turner GA-
139 PM EDT Sun Aug 7 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Turner, western Tift
and eastern Worth Counties through 245 PM EDT...

At 138 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Ashburn, moving south at 10 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...
Sylvester, Tifton, Ashburn, Poulan, Ty Ty, Phillipsburg, Worth,
Terrell, Sycamore, Sumner, Scooterville, Amboy, Anderson City, Tempy,
Inaha, Hobby, Turner Co Airport, Shingler, Hillsdale and Gordy.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3185 8351 3135 8351 3136 8393 3157 8389
      3180 8380 3180 8361 3185 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 1738Z 351DEG 8KT 3164 8367

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
Aug 7, 3:38 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Franklin, Walton	20 hr
Aug 7, 1:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Liberty	29 min
Aug 7, 1:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Wakulla	29 min
Aug 7, 1:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Liberty	38 min
Aug 7, 2:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun	43 min
Aug 7, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay	48 min
Aug 7, 2:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden	46 min
Aug 7, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		55 min
Aug 7, 2:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Gulf	48 min
Aug 7, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jackson, Washington	52 min
Aug 7, 4:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Washington	3 hr
Aug 7, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jackson	57 min
Aug 7, 4:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Jackson	3 hr
Aug 7, 7:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dixie	45 min
Aug 7, 7:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	24 min
Aug 7, 7:37 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		50 min
Aug 7, 2:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Turner, Worth	2 hr
Aug 7, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Tift	34 min
Aug 7, 2:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Turner	2 hr
Aug 7, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Baker, Grady, Mitchell	49 min
Aug 7, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Early, Miller	40 min
Aug 7, 3:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Grady, Mitchell, Thomas	3 hr
Aug 7, 3:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Grady	2 hr
Aug 7, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Cook	47 min
Aug 7, 5:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Berrien, Cook, Lowndes	117 min
Aug 7, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks	38 min
Aug 7, 5:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Houston	116 min
Aug 7, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dale	31 min
Aug 7, 5:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston	2 hr
Aug 7, 5:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Coffee	37 min
Aug 7, 6:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Henry	59 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.