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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Apr 28, 2011, 1:49 AM CDT for Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 2011, 1:49 AM CDT (06:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2011, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Geneva County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 3101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 13.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Apr 27, 9:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 9:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 9:32 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1032 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-281000- 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- 1032 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011 /932 PM CDT WED APR 27 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... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA LATER TONIGHT WITH A ROUND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF IT. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER CONTINUES TO OUTLOOK MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL ARRIVE ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA DURING THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING HOURS...AND THEN MOVE EAST INTO SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE DURING THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. A FEW OF THE STORMS THAT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA WILL BE CAPABLE OF BECOMING STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... ONCE THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SEVERE HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE REGION BY THE END OF THE DAY THURSDAY...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAIR INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURES RETURNING. WINDS WILL KICK UP TO EXERCISE CAUTION LEVELS ACROSS THE GULF COASTAL WATERS EACH NIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND THEN SUBSIDE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FOR OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY 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. 14-MROCZKA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 1:31 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
231 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011
ALZ065-066-280715-
COFFEE AL-DALE AL-
131 AM CDT THU APR 28 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR COFFEE AND DALE
COUNTIES...
* UNTIL 215 AM CDT
AT 126 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF
ENTERPRISE TO 12 MILES WEST OF ENTERPRISE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM ARITON TO FAIRVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
PEOPLE IN DALE AND EASTERN COFFEE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF
ENTERPRISE...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD
SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.
WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3163 8583 3162 8542 3129 8542 3128 8548
3125 8549 3127 8560 3127 8566 3125 8568
3123 8611
TIME...MOT...LOC 0630Z 259DEG 31KT 3167 8569 3128 8601
42-DVDSpecial weather statement, Apr 28, 1:49 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 249 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 ALZ068-280715- GENEVA AL- 149 AM CDT THU APR 28 2011 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR GENEVA COUNTY... * UNTIL 215 AM CDT AT 145 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ENTERPRISE...OR NEAR SELLERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3119 8610 3120 8554 3112 8552 3104 8606 TIME...MOT...LOC 0649Z 258DEG 33KT 3115 8597 42-DVD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 3:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 3:31 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 59 min | |
| Apr 28, 4:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 4:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 6:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 6:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 7:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 28 min |
| Apr 28, 7:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 7:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon, Wakulla | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 7:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 8:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Leon, Wakulla | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 8:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 8:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Wakulla | 60 min |
| Apr 28, 9:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 9:21 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 54 min | |
| Apr 28, 9:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 9:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Taylor | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 10:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 60 min |
| Apr 28, 10:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 11:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 61 min |
| Apr 28, 11:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 21 min |
| Apr 28, 11:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 11:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lafayette | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 12:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lafayette | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 2:42 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 5:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 6:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Colquitt, Thomas | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 6:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Thomas | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 6:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Colquitt, Thomas | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 7:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, Turner, Worth | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 8:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lowndes | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 8:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lowndes | 23 min |
| Apr 28, 9:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes | 61 min |
| Apr 28, 9:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Cook, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas, Tift and 1 more | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 10:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lanier, Lowndes | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 1:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 23 min |
| Apr 28, 1:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dale | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 2:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dale | 24 min |
| Apr 28, 2:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Geneva | 32 min |
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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.