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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 1, 2023, 4:22 PM EDT for Wayne County, Georgia. It was in force for 8 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
- Apr 1, 2023, 4:22 PM EDT (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2023, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Wayne County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 119 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1086 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Apr 1, 4:04 PM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 4:04 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 1, 2:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
223 PM EDT Sat Apr 1 2023
GAZ132-133-011915-
Coffee GA-Jeff Davis GA-
223 PM EDT Sat Apr 1 2023
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Coffee and Jeff Davis
Counties through 315 PM EDT...
At 221 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Eastman to 6 miles northwest of Mystic.
Movement was east at 40 mph. These storms will reach portions of
western Jeff Davis county and western Coffee county over the next 30
minutes and proceed eastward through the counties.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Douglas, Hazlehurst, Broxton, Ambrose, Nicholls, Pridgen, West Green,
Snipesville and Denton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
LAT...LON 3197 8243 3184 8243 3184 8252 3175 8252
3175 8255 3173 8252 3167 8252 3167 8263
3156 8263 3156 8260 3153 8260 3142 8267
3149 8311 3161 8306 3166 8300 3179 8299
3178 8287 3192 8268 3193 8259 3196 8256
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 278DEG 37KT 3220 8308 3170 8341
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
ABSpecial weather statement, Apr 1, 3:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
305 PM EDT Sat Apr 1 2023
GAZ133-135-011930-
Appling GA-Jeff Davis GA-
305 PM EDT Sat Apr 1 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northern Jeff Davis
and northwestern Appling Counties through 330 PM EDT...
At 304 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Lumber City, or 9 miles west of Hazlehurst, moving east at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Baxley, Hazlehurst, Graham, Plant Hatch and Pine Grove.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
LAT...LON 3197 8243 3195 8241 3196 8240 3195 8239
3196 8238 3194 8238 3194 8233 3175 8236
3183 8280 3184 8278 3185 8279 3186 8276
3191 8268 3192 8268 3193 8259 3196 8256
3195 8249 3196 8248 3197 8250
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 277DEG 53KT 3189 8275
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
ABSpecial weather statement, Apr 1, 3:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
314 PM EDT Sat Apr 1 2023
GAZ132>135-012000-
Bacon GA-Appling GA-Coffee GA-Jeff Davis GA-
314 PM EDT Sat Apr 1 2023
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Coffee, northwestern
Bacon, southern Jeff Davis and west central Appling Counties through
400 PM EDT...
At 314 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Snipesville to near Broxton to near
Ocilla. Movement was east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Douglas, Alma, Broxton, Ambrose, Nicholls, Pridgen, West Green,
Snipesville and Denton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
LAT...LON 3174 8229 3156 8238 3143 8306 3148 8311
3156 8306 3161 8306 3161 8305 3163 8303
3164 8301 3166 8301 3166 8300 3168 8300
3169 8294 3183 8280
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 279DEG 35KT 3178 8266 3166 8281 3158 8317
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Coffee, Jeff Davis | 52 min |
| Apr 1, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Jeff Davis | 25 min |
| Apr 1, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Bacon, Coffee | 46 min |
| Apr 1, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Coffee | 37 min |
| Apr 1, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Appling, Bacon | 42 min |
| Apr 1, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Coffee | 15 min |
| Apr 1, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Coffee | 32 min |
| Apr 1, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Pierce, Wayne | 35 min |
| Apr 1, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Pierce | 26 min |
| Apr 1, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 10 min |
| Apr 1, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Lanier | 46 min |
| Apr 1, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch, Ware | 50 min |
| Apr 1, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Brantley | 49 min |
| Apr 1, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Glynn | 9 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.