Stabilize small jump within a long clip?

I have a 5-minute clip that was shot on a tripod. 99% of the footage is stable, but the camera "jumped" once in the middle of the clip. If I apply Warp Stabilizer to the entire clip, it gets confused because of the moving subject. If I chop the clip up to isolate the jump, then it is correctly stabilized, however there is a jump cut from the shot at 100% scale to the slightly scaled clip caused by Warp Stabilizer. Thus far, the best solution I have found is to keyframe the clip leading up to the stabilized clip from 100% scale to the new scale of the stabilized section, and do the same for anchor point, then repeat the process at the end of the stabilized clip. This process can be tedious and the end result still isn't perfect. Is there a way of telling Warp Stabilizer to only work on one section of the clip?
I know this is sort of a complex question, so please let me know if I can clarify anything. Thank you in advance for your help!

As Ann says...
What would make it easier is to change the opacity on the leading clip and overlay it on the stabilized clip by one frame. If you have split the clips in an optimal place, the scaling should be fairly simple since the movement is not as quick. So make sure to split at a point where there is a slight pause in the action, just before the "jump" if at all possible. Then just line of the scale as required.
After the leading clip is scaled properly, put it back on the same track as the stabilized clip, back up to a few seconds before the split and put in a keyframe back to 100%. Reverse this process for the trailing clip.
It is not difficult, just a bit tedious.
It might be easier to do this on a new sequence, then use that new sequence like a clip in the main sequence.

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