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Lake Wind Advisory 7, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 15, 200716 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this lake wind advisory at Dec 15, 2007, 10:57 PM CST for 16 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Dec 16, 2007, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 15, 2007, 10:57 PM CST (04:57 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 16, 2007, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 16, 2007, 4:00 PM CST
In force
10 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 04:57 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, 5.0 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 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 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 Dec 15, 10:10 PM CST, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 10:10 PM CST, 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 15, 12:40 PM CST, 10 hours 17 minutes 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

In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Dec 15, 10:51 PM CST, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1151 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007

FLZ029-034-160545-
DIXIE-LAFAYETTE-
1151 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR DIXIE AND LAFAYETTE
COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...

* UNTIL 1245 AM EST

AT 1142 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MAYO...MOVING
EAST AT 25 TO 35 MPH.

WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO
PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

RELAY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

85-GIBBS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 15, 6:20 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE115 min
Dec 15, 8:05 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE115 min
Dec 15, 8:56 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Dec 15, 8:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Wakulla47 min
Dec 15, 9:26 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE64 min
Dec 15, 9:41 PM CSTCoastal Flood StatementTAEDixie, Taylor7 hr
Dec 15, 9:42 PM CSTFlash Flood WatchTAEDixie, Jefferson, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor7 hr
Dec 15, 9:44 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Dec 15, 10:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETaylor51 min
Dec 16, 4:12 AM CSTRed Flag WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more38 hr
Dec 16, 2:44 PM CSTFreeze WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more23 hr
Dec 16, 2:44 PM CSTFreeze WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more17 hr
Dec 15, 6:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEEarly, Miller29 min
Dec 15, 6:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early32 min
Dec 15, 8:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETurner, Worth29 min
Dec 15, 8:06 PM CSTTornado WarningTAETurner, Worth23 min

Nearby

Lake Wind Advisories in Georgia, 2007Lake Wind Advisories in Florida, 2007Lake Wind Advisories in Alabama, 2007Every lake wind advisory 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.