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High Surf Advisory 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 10, 2011Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this high surf advisory at Jan 10, 2011, 2:27 AM CST for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 10, 2011, 2:27 AM CST (08:27 UTC)
Expired
Jan 10, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:26 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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 291 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2011-01-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2011-01-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 263 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
909 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
531 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high surf 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 high surf advisory went out at Jan 9, 9:30 PM CST, 4 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 9:30 PM CST, 4 hours 57 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 9, 9:59 PM CST, 4 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1059 PM EST SUN JAN 9 2011

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-
GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-110400-
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-
1059 PM EST SUN JAN 9 2011 /959 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011/

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...TONIGHT...
GALE CONDITIONS WITH HIGH SEAS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE HAZARDOUS
TO MARINERS. ALTHOUGH THERE WERE SOME REPORTS THIS SUNDAY EVENING
OF SLEET...MOSTLY RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT AS WARMING IS
TAKING PLACE ALOFT. BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND DAWN THE AIR ALOFT WILL
CONTINUE TO WARM BUT IT WILL COOL NEAR THE GROUND IN ALABAMA AND
GEORGIA AS SOME OF THE RAIN EVAPORATES IN THE VERY DRY AIR AT
GROUND LEVEL. SOME OF THIS RAIN WILL BEGIN TO FREEZE ON IMPACT WITH
THE SURFACE IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTH GEORGIA. THIS FREEZING
RAIN WILL LAST UNTIL ABOUT MID MORNING MONDAY...AND WILL BE HAZARDOUS
TO TRAVELERS. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A TRACE TO A
QUARTER OF AN INCH...BUT LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE NORTH
OF A LINE FROM ELBA AL TO TIFTON GA. SOME SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES
HAVE ANNOUNCED CLOSINGS IN ALABAMA AND GEORGIA BECAUSE OF THE
ANTICIPATED HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. FREEZING RAIN IS NOT LIKELY IN
FLORIDA...AS IT WILL LIKELY BE TOO WARM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
GENERALLY DRY AND COOL WEATHER WILL THEN BE IN THE FORECAST FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

.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.

FOURNIER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 9, 8:49 PM CST, 5 hours 38 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jan 9, 9:09 PM CST, 5 hours 18 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jan 9, 10:53 PM CST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1153 PM EST SUN JAN 09 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0930 PM     SLEET            BAINBRIDGE              30.91N 84.58W
01/09/2011  E0.00 INCH       DECATUR            GA   PUBLIC

            SLEET MIXED WITH RAIN SINCE AROUND 930 PM. SOME BRIEF
            ACCUMULATION BUT MELTING.

0930 PM     SLEET            BAINBRIDGE              30.91N 84.58W
01/09/2011  E0.00 INCH       DECATUR            GA   PUBLIC

            SLEET MIXED WITH RAIN SINCE AROUND 930 PM. SOME
            ACCUMULATION BRIEFLY BUT ALL MELTING.

0930 PM     SLEET            BAINBRIDGE              30.91N 84.58W
01/09/2011  E0.00 INCH       DECATUR            GA   PUBLIC

            SLEET MIXED WITH RAIN REPORTED SINCE AROUND 930 PM. SOME
            BRIEF ACCUMULATION BUT ALL MELTING.

0930 PM     SLEET            BAINBRIDGE              30.91N 84.58W
01/09/2011  E0.00 INCH       DECATUR            GA   PUBLIC

            SLEET MIXED WITH RAIN SINCE AROUND 930 PM. SOME BRIEF
            ACCUMULATION BUT MELTING.

&&

DUVAL
Local storm report, Jan 9, 11:09 PM CST, 3 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1209 AM EST MON JAN 10 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1120 PM     SLEET            TIFTON                  31.47N 83.51W
01/09/2011  E0.00 INCH       TIFT               GA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

DUVAL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 10, 2:27 AM CSTRip Current StatementTAEBay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton10 hr
Jan 10, 3:38 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE14 hr
Jan 10, 1:28 PM CSTFire Weather WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more38 hr

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in Florida, 2011Every high surf advisory in 2011

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.