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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 305, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 9, 2009Gadsden County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 9, 2009, 11:23 AM EST for Gadsden County, Florida. It was in force for 22 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 9, 2009, 11:23 AM EST (16:23 UTC)
Expired
Dec 9, 2009, 11:45 AM EST
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Gadsden County, FL

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Dec 9, 9:40 AM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 9:40 AM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 9, 5:57 AM EST, 5 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
557 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-
GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-101100-
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-
557 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 /457 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009/

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 BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WILL PRODUCE
GUSTY WINDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE
LINE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
THE STORMS WILL WEAKEN AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES. WINDS WILL BE
STRONG OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE GULF COASTAL WATERS AND A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. THESE STRONG ONSHORE WINDS ARE
INCREASING SURF HEIGHTS AND THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS
TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
THE ACTIVE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WITH A
NEW WEATHER SYSTEM IMPACTING THE AREA EVERY FEW DAYS. A COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA BY THURSDAY AND WILL USHER IN
NOTICEABLY COLDER AIR. TEMPERATURES WILL BOTTOM OUT AROUND OR JUST
BELOW FREEZING THURSDAY NIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
ALBANY TO DOTHAN. WINDS OVER THE GULF WILL INCREASE TO SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY LEVELS OUT OF THE NORTHEAST BY THURSDAY MORNING AND
REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH FRIDAY. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL
DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO ON THURSDAY AND MOVE NORTH
AND THEN EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. THE PRIMARY
THREAT WITH THIS SYSTEM LOOKS TO BE HEAVY RAIN FOR FRIDAY NIGHT
INTO SATURDAY. THE NEXT SYSTEM IN THE PIPE LINE WILL BE A COLD
FRONTAL PASSAGE ON TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRECEDE THIS
FRONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED THIS MORNING.

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.

18-WOOL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 9, 8:17 AM EST, 3 hours 6 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Dec 9, 10:48 AM EST, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1048 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009

FLZ016-091645-
GADSDEN-
1048 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR GADSDEN COUNTY IN
NORTH FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 1145 AM EST

AT 1047 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF CHATTAHOOCHEE...OR 17 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BLOUNTSTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  QUINCY BY 1115 AM EST.

PEOPLE IN GADSDEN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF QUINCY...SHOULD
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS
AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER
THREATEN.

WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

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

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.

38-GODSEY
Local storm report, Dec 9, 11:13 AM EST, 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 9, 4:05 AM ESTFire Weather WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington23 hr
Dec 9, 10:26 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE49 min
Dec 9, 11:58 AM ESTTornado WarningTAELeon32 min
Dec 9, 12:28 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEJefferson, Leon47 min
Dec 9, 5:43 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEClay, Quitman, Randolph17 min
Dec 9, 5:49 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Clay, Early, Randolph26 min
Dec 9, 7:04 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELee, Worth41 min
Dec 9, 7:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Clay, Early, Randolph, Terrell32 min
Dec 9, 7:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDougherty, Lee, Terrell42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.