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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 3, 20244 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Apr 3, 2024, 3:08 AM EDT for 4 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 3, 2024, 3:08 AM EDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2024, 4:00 AM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

Counties Clay County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Terrell County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 76 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

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 156 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: 82 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -199 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 549 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

627 
WWUS82 KTAE 030708
SPSTAE

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
308 AM EDT Wed Apr 3 2024
 
GAZ120>122-124-030800-
Quitman GA-Randolph GA-Terrell GA-Clay GA-
308 AM EDT Wed Apr 3 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CLAY...RANDOLPH...QUITMAN AND
TERRELL COUNTIES THROUGH 400 AM EDT...

At 308 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Lakepoint Resort State Park to near
Texasville. Movement was east at 60 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...
Fort Gaines, Georgetown, Dawson, Cuthbert, Shellman, Sasser,
Bronwood, Parrott, Bellville, Bluffton, Wire Bridge, Carnegie, Watson
Crossroads, Ricks Place, Pecan, Dawson Municipal A/P, Chambliss,
Hatcher, Morris, and Bethel.

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.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 AM EDT for southeastern
Alabama...and southwestern Georgia.

&&

LAT...LON 3197 8495 3192 8491 3192 8445 3194 8444
      3196 8444 3185 8428 3162 8430 3162 8454
      3171 8455 3162 8459 3164 8465 3162 8466
      3162 8482 3150 8482 3149 8500 3149 8503
      3178 8514 3189 8513 3199 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0708Z 250DEG 50KT 3202 8510 3167 8543 

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

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 2:10 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		65 min
Apr 3, 2:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay	28 min
Apr 3, 2:43 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	TAE	Jackson	5 hr
Apr 3, 3:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	26 min
Apr 3, 3:45 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		60 min
Apr 3, 3:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes, Walton	32 min
Apr 3, 4:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay	29 min
Apr 3, 4:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes	35 min
Apr 3, 4:30 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		60 min
Apr 3, 5:14 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Apr 3, 5:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Gulf	55 min
Apr 3, 5:33 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Bay	27 min
Apr 3, 6:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Franklin, Gulf, Liberty, Wakulla	83 min
Apr 3, 6:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty	53 min
Apr 3, 6:52 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		113 min
Apr 3, 6:54 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		96 min
Apr 3, 7:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson	63 min
Apr 3, 8:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Madison, Taylor	63 min
Apr 3, 8:46 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		3 hr
Apr 3, 9:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dixie, Lafayette	53 min
Apr 3, 10:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dixie	62 min
Apr 3, 3:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Lee, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell	91 min
Apr 3, 4:40 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Lee	11 min
Apr 3, 5:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Crisp	47 min
Apr 3, 5:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Baker, Early, Miller	47 min
Apr 3, 5:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Early, Miller, Mitchell	62 min
Apr 3, 5:51 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Baker, Mitchell	39 min
Apr 3, 6:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Dougherty, Mitchell, Tift, Worth	85 min
Apr 3, 6:45 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Berrien, Cook, Irwin	75 min
Apr 3, 6:45 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady	23 min
Apr 3, 7:37 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Berrien	8 min
Apr 3, 2:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale	74 min
Apr 3, 2:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dale, Henry	97 min
Apr 3, 3:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dale	46 min
Apr 3, 4:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Geneva	24 min
Apr 3, 4:52 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Houston	23 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.