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Coastal Flood Statement 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 15, 2007Dixie County, Taylor County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this coastal flood statement at Dec 15, 2007, 10:41 PM EST for Dixie County, Taylor County, Florida. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 15, 2007, 10:41 PM EST (03:41 UTC)
Expired
Dec 16, 2007, 6:00 AM EST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Dixie County, FL, Taylor County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:44 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 2007-12-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 641 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 2007-12-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 306 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
641 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
306 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
344 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
5.7

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this coastal flood 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 coastal flood statement went out at Dec 15, 9:15 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 9:15 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 15, 1:40 PM EST, 9 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
140 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-
GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-161030-
COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-
HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-
JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-QUITMAN-
CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-
IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-
DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE
RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
140 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007 /1240 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007/

...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS THE REGION...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION FROM SOUTH TO NORTH EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON USHERING IN A MORE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WHILE A
STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THE COMBINATION OF THIS
MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND THE STRONG COLD FRONT WILL LEAD TO THE
POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS AND EVEN AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO...ESPECIALLY IN ANY
STORMS THAT DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE MAIN
SQUALL LINE. SOME STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

WINDS WILL INCREASE AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY BUILD OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO
OFFSHORE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AND INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY LATE
TONIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR THE ENTIRE
MARINE AREA BY TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
THE FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE REGION BY SUNDAY MORNING. GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS A STRONG HIGH
PRESSURE SYSTEM BUILDS IN BEHIND BRINGING A MUCH COOLER AND DRIER
AIRMASS. FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY MORNING WITH
THE POTENTIAL FOR A HARD FREEZE ON TUESDAY MORNING WITH TEMPERATURES
BOTTOMING OUT IN THE MID 20S.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
SPOTTERS SHOULD CONSIDER THEMSELVES ACTIVATED AT THE FIRST ISSUANCE
OF A WATCH OR WARNING. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTERS SHOULD
CLOSELY MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION AND FORWARD ANY
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
TALLAHASSEE.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA OF
INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP.

GODSEY

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 15, 7:20 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE115 min
Dec 15, 9:05 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE115 min
Dec 15, 9:56 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Dec 15, 9:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Wakulla47 min
Dec 15, 10:26 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE64 min
Dec 15, 10:42 PM ESTFlash Flood WatchTAEDixie, Jefferson, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor7 hr
Dec 15, 10:44 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Dec 15, 11:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETaylor51 min
Dec 15, 11:57 PM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more17 hr
Dec 16, 5:12 AM ESTRed Flag WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more38 hr
Dec 16, 3:44 PM ESTFreeze WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more23 hr
Dec 16, 3:44 PM ESTFreeze WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more17 hr
Dec 15, 7:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEEarly, Miller29 min
Dec 15, 7:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early32 min
Dec 15, 9:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETurner, Worth29 min
Dec 15, 9:06 PM ESTTornado WarningTAETurner, Worth23 min

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in Florida, 2007Every coastal flood statement in 2007

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.