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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this wind advisory at Dec 26, 2010, 2:03 AM CST for 16 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Dec 26, 2010, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 26, 2010, 2:03 AM CST (08:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 26, 2010, 8:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2010, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 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 08:03 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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 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
- 479 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 299 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
788 WWUS72 KTAE 260803 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 303 AM EST SUN DEC 26 2010 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-262130- /O.NEW.KTAE.WI.Y.0003.101226T1400Z-101226T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.HZ.A.0016.101227T0900Z-101227T1400Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF- INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE-SOUTH WALTON- COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON- COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL 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...DOTHAN...KINSEY... COWARTS...WEBB...COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS... HUDSON...BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS... MARIANNA...GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...YOUNGSTOWN... BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY...WEWAHITCHKA...QUINCY...CHATTAHOOCHEE... TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO...MADISON...GREENVILLE... SWEETWATER...CRAWFORDVILLE...PERRY...MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY... FREEPORT...SANTA ROSA BEACH...PANAMA CITY...PARKER... PORT SAINT JOE...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...SOPCHOPPY... SAINT MARKS...KEATON BEACH...STEINHATCHEE...SUWANNEE... 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 303 AM EST SUN DEC 26 2010 /203 AM CST SUN DEC 26 2010/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. A HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER AND TRAILING COLD FRONT...VERY STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION. THE GRADIENT CREATED OVER THE LOCAL AREA IN BETWEEN THE DEPARTING LOW AND BUILDING HIGH WILL CREATE STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY. EXPECT WINDS IN EXCESS OF 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 26 MPH. FOR THIS REASON A WIND ADVISORY WAS ISSUED. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE THIS EVENING. THIS HIGH PRESSURE WILL ADVECT A VERY COLD AND DRY AIR MASS ACROSS THE LOCAL REGION TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET TO THE LOW TO MID 20S FOR AT LEAST 4 TO 6 HOURS IN THE COLDEST SPOTS. THIS WILL GENERATE A WIDESPREAD HARD FREEZE. THEREFORE A HARD FREEZE WATCH WAS ISSUED WHICH WILL LIKELY BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING LATER TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES BELOW 26 DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS OR GUSTS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BLOCK
1 follow-up statement
062 WWUS72 KTAE 261950 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 250 PM EST SUN DEC 26 2010 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM EST /2 AM CST/ TO 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ MONDAY... ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-270000- /O.UPG.KTAE.HZ.A.0016.101227T0900Z-101227T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.HZ.W.0020.101227T0800Z-101227T1400Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-101226T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF- INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE-SOUTH WALTON- COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON- COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL 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...DOTHAN...KINSEY... COWARTS...WEBB...COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS... HUDSON...BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS... MARIANNA...GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...YOUNGSTOWN... BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY...WEWAHITCHKA...QUINCY...CHATTAHOOCHEE... TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO...MADISON...GREENVILLE... SWEETWATER...CRAWFORDVILLE...PERRY...MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY... FREEPORT...SANTA ROSA BEACH...PANAMA CITY...PARKER... PORT SAINT JOE...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...SOPCHOPPY... SAINT MARKS...KEATON BEACH...STEINHATCHEE...SUWANNEE... 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 250 PM EST SUN DEC 26 2010 /150 PM CST SUN DEC 26 2010/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM EST /2 AM CST/ TO 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ MONDAY... IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER AND TRAILING COLD FRONT...VERY STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION. THE GRADIENT CREATED OVER THE LOCAL AREA IN BETWEEN THE DEPARTING LOW AND BUILDING HIGH WILL MAINTAIN STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS INTO THIS EVENING. THIS HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO FUNNEL A VERY COLD AND DRY AIR MASS ACROSS THE LOCAL REGION TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET TO THE MID 20S FOR AT LEAST 2 HOURS. THIS SATISFIES HARD FREEZE CRITERIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SPECIFICALLY...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 26 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION IF LEFT UNPROTECTED THIS WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREQUENT WINDS GUSTS OF 26 TO 32 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 18-WOOL
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this 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 wind advisory went out at Dec 25, 7:23 PM CST, 6 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 7:23 PM CST, 6 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
830 PM EST DEC 25 2010
.UPDATE...PARTS OF THE VERY BACK EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION...ALL TO
THE NORTH OF THE FL BORDER...ARE CHANGING FROM RAIN TO SNOW. THE
CLOSEST SITES TO OUR CWA FOR THIS TO HAPPEN WERE AT PRN...MGM...AND
TOI. THE PRECIP HAS ALREADY ENDED AT PRN AND MGM...BUT SOME LIGHT
SNOW IS STILL FALLING AT TROY ALABAMA (TOI). IF THIS TREND
CONTINUES...EUFAULA ALABAMA (EUF) WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FOR A BRIEF
PERIOD IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...WHICH WOULD VERY LIKELY MEAN A BRIEF
PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW FOR QUITMAN COUNTY GEORGIA AS WELL. HOWEVER...
EVEN IF THIS DOES OCCUR...THE DURATION OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BE VERY
BRIEF AND IT WILL NOT BE COLD ENOUGH FOR THE SNOW TO STICK ON THE
ROADS OR EVEN THE GRASSY SURFACES. THEREFORE...HAVE MADE THE
DECISION NOT TO RE-INTRODUCE ANY SNOW INTO THE FCST BECAUSE OF THE
UNCERTAINTY AND MINIMAL IMPACTS EVEN IF IT DOES OCCUR.
&&
.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...HARD FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING
ALL ZONES.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY ALL ZONES.
GA...HARD FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING
ALL ZONES.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 5 AM TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: CALHOUN...CLAY...EARLY...QUITMAN...
RANDOLPH...TERRELL.
FL...HARD FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING
ALL ZONES.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: HOLMES...INLAND WALTON.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON ALL ZONES.
GM...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST UNTIL 7 PM EST SUN ALL
LEGS.
&&
GOULD/DVDHazardous weather outlook, Dec 26, 2:01 AM CST, 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 301 AM EST SUN DEC 26 2010 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-270815- COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF- INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE-SOUTH WALTON- COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON- COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL 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- 301 AM EST SUN DEC 26 2010 /201 AM CST SUN DEC 26 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT INTO THIS MORNING FOR THE NORTHWEST ONE THIRD OF THE REGION... ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING... ...A HARD FREEZE WATCH AND WIND CHILL ADVISORY ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE TRI STATE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING... ...A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING... ...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL MONDAY MORNING... A FAST MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RACE NORTH-NORTHEAST UP THE U.S. EASTERN SEABOARD TODAY. ANY REMAINING PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL COME TO AN END EARLY THIS MORNING. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS BELOW 20 DEGREES OVER THE NORTHWEST ONE THIRD OF THE REGION AT SUNRISE...AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE ENTIRE REGION TONIGHT. HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON WILL STRUGGLE TO EXCEED 40 DEGREES ESPECIALLY WEST OF THE APALACHICOLA RIVER. LOWS TONIGHT WILL PLUMMET TO THE LOW TO MID 20S. VERY HIGH WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR MARINERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... A COLD AND DRY AIR MASS WILL DOMINATE THE REGION. WIDESPREAD FREEZES ARE ANTICIPATED FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHTS...WITH MANY LOCATIONS FORECAST TO RECEIVING HARD FREEZES. THE AIR MASS WILL THEN MODIFY DURING THE MIDDLE AND LATER PORTION OF THE UPCOMING WEEK...ENDING THE THREAT FOR FREEZING TEMPERATURES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. 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. BLOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 6:29 PM CST | Gale Warning | TAE | 30 hr | |
| Dec 26, 2:02 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 30 hr | |
| Dec 26, 2:03 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 30 hr |
| Dec 26, 1:50 PM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 18 hr |
| Dec 26, 2:43 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 26 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Georgia, 2010Wind Advisories in Florida, 2010Wind Advisories in Alabama, 2010Every wind advisory in 2010
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.