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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this wind advisory at Mar 19, 2008, 1:21 PM CDT for 16 counties in Florida; 5 counties in Alabama; 26 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 2008, 1:21 PM CDT (18:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 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 18:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 400 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 414 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS72 KTAE 191821 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 221 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE QUICKLY NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PRODUCING UNUSUALLY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- 200000- /O.CAN.KTAE.LW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080320T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.WI.Y.0002.080319T1821Z-080320T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER... DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON... SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...KINSEY...COWARTS...WEBB... COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...INWOOD...HUDSON... BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS...MARIANNA... GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...PANAMA CITY...CALLAWAY... LYNN HAVEN...UPPER GRAND LAGOON...BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY... PORT ST. JOE...WEWAHITCHKA...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...QUINCY... CHATTAHOOCHEE...TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO... MADISON...GREENVILLE...SWEETWATER...SOPCHOPPY...ST. MARKS... PERRY...MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY...GEORGETOWN...FORT GAINES... CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON...MORGAN...EDISON...LEARY... DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER...ASHBURN... TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA...DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY... COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM...MOULTRIE...ADEL...SPARKS... NASHVILLE...DONALSONVILLE...BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE... QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND 221 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 /121 PM CDT WED MAR 19 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED DUE TO THE UPGRADE TO A WIND ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST U.S. THIS AFTERNOON. FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT WEATHER STATIONS ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA...SOUTH GEORGIA...AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON...AND THIS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THEY CAN ALSO CREATE HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES. DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. A FEW TREES MAY EVEN BE KNOCKED DOWN. UNSECURED GARBAGE CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE WILL LIKELY BE BLOWN AROUND. $$ FOURNIER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 9:05 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | TAE | Bay, Dixie, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Taylor and 2 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:46 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:31 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:31 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 28 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Georgia, 2008Wind Advisories in Florida, 2008Wind Advisories in Alabama, 2008Every 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.