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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 20, 2026Berrien County, Irwin County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2026, 6:01 PM EDT for Berrien County, Irwin County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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: Jul 20, 2026, 6:01 PM EDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2026, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

Counties Berrien County, GA, Irwin County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 175 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: 1245 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 871 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.0

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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 Jul 20, 3:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 3:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 2:57 PM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 4:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 6:01 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
601 PM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026

GAZ129-131-148-161-202230-
Berrien GA-Tift GA-Lanier GA-Irwin GA-
601 PM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT IRWIN...BERRIEN...NORTHERN
LANIER AND EAST CENTRAL TIFT COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT...

At 600 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Nashville, moving north at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Nashville, Ocilla, Enigma, Alapaha, Mystic, Berrien Co A/P, Gladys,
Osierfield, Glory, Pinetta, Bannockburn, Irwinville, Allenville,
Weber, Wray, and Teeterville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3109 8330 3116 8330 3170 8345 3169 8332
      3168 8332 3168 8327 3165 8326 3165 8318
      3168 8317 3167 8300 3164 8301 3161 8306
      3149 8310 3146 8315 3140 8314 3133 8306
      3128 8304 3119 8305 3118 8298 3113 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 165DEG 24KT 3122 8313

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

55-SCHOLL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 19, 8:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Jul 19, 10:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		3 hr
Jul 19, 11:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Franklin, Gulf	46 min
Jul 20, 1:39 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		3 hr
Jul 20, 2:26 AM EDT	High Surf Advisory	TAE	Bay, Gulf, Walton	4 days
Jul 20, 4:42 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Jul 20, 6:40 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		3 hr
Jul 20, 9:44 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		3 hr
Jul 20, 10:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Taylor	42 min
Jul 20, 11:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Wakulla	44 min
Jul 20, 11:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Taylor	42 min
Jul 20, 11:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Liberty	52 min
Jul 20, 11:30 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Franklin, Gulf, Liberty, Wakulla	3 hr
Jul 20, 12:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		3 hr
Jul 20, 1:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Wakulla	25 min
Jul 20, 2:28 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	TAE	Bay, Dixie, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Taylor and 2 more	48 hr
Jul 20, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		60 min
Jul 20, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Wakulla	27 min
Jul 20, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		46 min
Jul 20, 7:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson, Taylor	40 min
Jul 20, 7:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lafayette	48 min
Jul 19, 9:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dougherty	29 min
Jul 20, 1:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Thomas	38 min
Jul 20, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Baker, Early, Miller, Seminole	45 min
Jul 20, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks, Colquitt, Thomas	39 min
Jul 20, 2:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Early	43 min
Jul 20, 2:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift	33 min
Jul 20, 3:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Ben Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Lanier and 2 more	3 hr

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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.