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Lake Wind Advisory 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 3, 200616 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this lake wind advisory at Feb 3, 2006, 11:52 PM CST for 16 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Feb 4, 2006, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 3, 2006, 11:52 PM CST (05:52 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 4, 2006, 10:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 4, 2006, 6:00 PM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
All 47 counties

Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:55 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 66 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2006-02-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 174 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2006-02-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
174 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
692 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.8

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this lake wind advisory 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 lake wind advisory went out at Feb 3, 8:00 PM CST, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 8:00 PM CST, 3 hours 52 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 4:22 AM CST, 19 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
522 AM EST FRI FEB 3 2006

...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ACROSS THE
REGION...

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ750-
755-770-775-032042-
BAKER GA-BAY FL-BEN HILL GA-BERRIEN GA-BROOKS GA-CALHOUN GA-
CALHOUN FL-CLAY GA-COASTAL WALTON FL-COFFEE AL-COLQUITT GA-COOK GA-
DALE AL-DECATUR GA-DIXIE FL-DOUGHERTY GA-EARLY GA-FRANKLIN FL-
GADSDEN FL-GENEVA AL-GRADY GA-GULF FL-HENRY AL-HOLMES FL-HOUSTON AL-
INLAND WALTON FL-IRWIN GA-JACKSON FL-JEFFERSON FL-LAFAYETTE FL-
LANIER GA-LEE GA-LEON FL-LIBERTY FL-LOWNDES GA-MADISON FL-MILLER GA-
MITCHELL GA-QUITMAN GA-RANDOLPH GA-SEMINOLE GA-TAYLOR FL-TERRELL GA-
THOMAS GA-TIFT GA-TURNER GA-WAKULLA FL-WASHINGTON FL-WORTH GA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ADEL...ALBANY...APALACHICOLA...
ASHBURN...BAINBRIDGE...BLAKELY...BLOUNTSTOWN...BONIFAY...CAIRO...
CALLAWAY...CAMILLA...CARRABELLE...CHIPLEY...COLQUITT...COTTONWOOD...
CRAWFORDVILLE...CROSS CITY...CUTHBERT...DALEVILLE...DAWSON...
DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...DONALSONVILLE...DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...ELBA...
ENTERPRISE...FITZGERALD...FORT GAINES...FORT RUCKER...GENEVA...
GEORGETOWN...HEADLAND...LAKELAND...LEESBURG...MADISON...MARIANNA...
MAYO...MONTICELLO...MORGAN...MOULTRIE...NASHVILLE...NEWTON...
OCILLA...OZARK...PANAMA CITY...PANAMA CITY BEACH...PELHAM...PERRY...
PORT ST. JOE...PUTNEY...QUITMAN...SANTA ROSA BEACH...ST. MARKS...
STEINHATCHEE...SYLVESTER...TALLAHASSEE...THOMASVILLE...TIFTON...
VALDOSTA AND VERNON
522 AM EST FRI FEB 3 2006

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE...AND THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
PATCHY FOG WILL LIFT THIS MORNING. THEN...ANOTHER STRONG LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP IN LOUISIANA AND MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST
DRAGGING A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA LATER TONIGHT. AHEAD OF
THE FRONT...THIS LOW WILL INTERACT WITH AN APPROACHING SHORT WAVE TO
GENERATE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA BEGINNING LATE MORNING
AND CONTINUING UNTIL THE FRONT PASSES. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR
SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...FLORIDA PANHANDLE
AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA BUT ALL AREAS ARE AT RISK.

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED ALL OF THE REGION IN A
SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS
WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. FREQUENT AND
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE SEEN IN MANY OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL.

ALTHOUGH MARINE WINDS AND SEAS WILL DECREASE THIS MORNING...THEY
WILL BE HIGHER WITH FREQUENT GUSTS NEAR ANY STORMS. AS THE FRONT
EXITS FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT...OFFSHORE WINDS AND SEAS
WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE CREATING LIKELY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
CRITERIA. THERE IS ALSO A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY
ALONG THE PANHANDLE AND FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...AFTER THE
FRONT EXITS...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN DURING THE WEEKEND.
BREEZY AND GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. SKIES WILL
CLEAR AND PREDAWN TEMPERATURES SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AND LIKELY
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WILL DROP TO AT OR BELOW FREEZING IN MANY
INLAND LOCATIONS. A SECOND STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION ON
TUESDAY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
WITH THE APPROACHING SEVERE WEATHER...SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY
BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY.

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE VIA OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TLH/ OR
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS.

A RIP CURRENT IS A STRONG NARROW CURRENT OF WATER FLOWING FROM THE
BEACH THROUGH THE SURF ZONE. IT CAN RAPIDLY CARRY A SWIMMER INTO
DEEPER WATER.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...WADE SIDEWAYS PARALLEL TO THE
BEACH UNTIL YOU ARE OUT OF ITS PULL. TO ESCAPE...RIDE THE CURRENT OUT
BEYOND THE SURF ZONE WHERE THE RIP CURRENT DISSIPATES...THEN SWIM TO
SHORE OUTSIDE THE NARROW CURRENT.

ALWAYS HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL AND LOCAL OFFICIALS. WATCH
YOUR CHILDREN. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS NEAR PIERS...JETTIES...AND
UNGUARDED BEACHES.

24-BLOCK

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 3, 6:49 PM CST, 5 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
749 PM EST FRI FEB 03 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0545 PM     HAIL             SOPCHOPPY               30.06N 84.49W
02/03/2006  1.00 INCH        WAKULLA            FL   BROADCAST MEDIA

0600 PM     HAIL             CRAWFORDVILLE           30.18N 84.37W
02/03/2006  0.50 INCH        WAKULLA            FL   PUBLIC

0602 PM     HAIL             7 SE CRAWFORDVILLE      30.10N 84.29W
02/03/2006  0.88 INCH        WAKULLA            FL   PUBLIC

            2 MILES EAST OF THE HIGH SCHOOL ON HWY 98 IN CRAWFORD
            VILLE

0603 PM     HAIL             OCHLOCKNEE              30.98N 84.05W
02/03/2006  0.88 INCH        THOMAS             GA   BROADCAST MEDIA

0603 PM     HAIL             10 SE WAKULLA           30.13N 84.11W
02/03/2006  0.50 INCH        WAKULLA            FL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            OCHLOCKNEE STATE PARK

0604 PM     HAIL             EASTPOINT               29.74N 84.89W
02/03/2006  1.75 INCH        FRANKLIN           FL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0605 PM     HAIL             EASTPOINT               29.74N 84.89W
02/03/2006  1.75 INCH        FRANKLIN           FL   PUBLIC

0615 PM     HAIL             5 E TALLAHASSEE         30.44N 84.20W
02/03/2006  1.75 INCH        LEON               FL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            NEAR CHAIRS

0620 PM     HAIL             2 E TALLAHASSEE         30.44N 84.25W
02/03/2006  1.00 INCH        LEON               FL   PUBLIC

            WW KELLY AND APALACHEE PARKWAY

0635 PM     HAIL             7 SE TALLAHASSEE        30.37N 84.20W
02/03/2006  1.75 INCH        LEON               FL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TRAM ROAD

0635 PM     HAIL             15 E TALLAHASSEE        30.44N 84.03W
02/03/2006  0.25 INCH        JEFFERSON          FL   PUBLIC

0718 PM     HAIL             5 E WOODVILLE           30.31N 84.16W
02/03/2006  0.25 INCH        LEON               FL   PUBLIC

0728 PM     HAIL             15 E TALLAHASSEE        30.44N 84.03W
02/03/2006  1.75 INCH        JEFFERSON          FL   PUBLIC

0730 PM     HAIL             MADISON                 30.47N 83.42W
02/03/2006  1.75 INCH        MADISON            FL   PUBLIC

&&

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Special weather statement, Feb 3, 7:49 PM CST, 4 hours 3 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Feb 3, 8:06 PM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 3, 6:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELeon25 min
Feb 3, 6:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin39 min
Feb 3, 6:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMadison34 min
Feb 3, 6:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELeon23 min
Feb 3, 6:35 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEMadison25 min
Feb 3, 6:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson15 min
Feb 3, 7:00 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Feb 4, 12:46 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE29 min
Feb 3, 6:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELanier, Lowndes34 min

Nearby

Lake Wind Advisories in Georgia, 2006Lake Wind Advisories in Florida, 2006Lake Wind Advisories in Alabama, 2006Every lake wind advisory in 2006

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.