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Lake Wind Advisory 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 6, 200816 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this lake wind advisory at Feb 6, 2008, 1:59 AM CST for 16 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Feb 6, 2008, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 6, 2008, 1:59 AM CST (07:59 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 6, 2008, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 6, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
In force
12 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 07:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 206 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 00:00Z on 2008-02-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 179 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 00:00Z on 2008-02-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 208 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
179 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-156 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
764 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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 6, 1:11 AM CST, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 1:11 AM CST, 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 5:00 AM CST, 20 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
600 AM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-
GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-061100-
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-
600 AM EST TUE FEB 5 2008 /500 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE LOCAL AREA WITH UNSEASONABLY WARM
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES FROM THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S AWAY FROM
THE COAST. WITH AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE...AREAS OF DENSE
FOG WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MID MORNING BEFORE DISSIPATING. ONSHORE
WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE TODAY IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD
FRONT FROM THE WEST...WITH EXERCISE CAUTION TO ADVISORY CONDITIONS
BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE PANHANDLE WATERS...SPREADING TO
THE BIG BEND WATERS THIS EVENING. FINALLY...THERE IS A MODERATE
TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY FOR THE PANHANDLE BEACHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
THE FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY PRECEDED BY A
SQUALL LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE
STRONG TO SEVERE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH DAMAGING
STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. THERE IS ALSO A
POSSIBILITY FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO. ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE FOR THE MARINE AREA...ALONG WITH A HIGH RISK FOR RIP
CURRENTS ON WEDNESDAY. FOLLOWING THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...A COOLER AND
DRIER AIRMASS WILL DOMINATE THE REGION INTO THE WEEKEND...WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR RED FLAG CONDITIONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT.

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.

JAMSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 6, 2:39 AM CSTHigh Surf AdvisoryTAEBay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton14 hr
Feb 6, 9:53 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryTAECalhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty24 hr
Feb 6, 10:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEClay29 min
Feb 6, 10:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEQuitman, Randolph22 min
Feb 6, 11:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAERandolph, Terrell32 min
Feb 6, 1:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETurner, Worth47 min
Feb 6, 2:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETift, Turner, Worth34 min
Feb 6, 9:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee46 min
Feb 6, 9:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee, Dale41 min

Nearby

Lake Wind Advisories in Georgia, 2008Lake Wind Advisories in Florida, 2008Lake Wind Advisories in Alabama, 2008Every lake wind advisory in 2008

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.