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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 2, 2011Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 2, 2011, 12:22 PM CDT for Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 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: Jul 2, 2011, 12:22 PM CDT (17:22 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Houston County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2177 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1054 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Jul 2, 8:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 8:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 5:22 AM CDT, 7 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
622 AM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-
GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-031030-
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-
622 AM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011 /522 AM CDT SAT JUL 2 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. THOUGH CONDITIONS DO NOT APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR
WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS...A STORM OR TWO COULD BRIEFLY APPROACH
STRONG TO SEVERE LEVELS...WITH MARGINALLY SEVERE WIND GUSTS OR
HAIL. OTHERWISE...HOT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHS
APPROACHING 100 DEGREES...AND HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 100 AND
104 DEGREES. ANYONE PLANNING TO SPEND TIME OUTSIDE SHOULD TAKE
STEPS TO STAY AS COOL AS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WIDESPREAD 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

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 12:22 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
122 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011

ALZ068-069-021800-
GENEVA AL-HOUSTON AL-
1222 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR GENEVA AND HOUSTON
COUNTIES...

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

AT 1218 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DOTHAN TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF DOTHAN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GRIMES TO PETERMAN...
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

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.

LAT...LON 3130 8511 3109 8524 3118 8551 3130 8538
TIME...MOT...LOC 1722Z 269DEG 9KT 3129 8539 3118 8549

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 1:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	38 min
Jul 2, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Walton	27 min
Jul 2, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Walton	50 min
Jul 2, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden	47 min
Jul 1, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Early, Miller	42 min
Jul 1, 7:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Seminole	25 min
Jul 2, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Early	25 min
Jul 2, 3:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Geneva	33 min
Jul 2, 3:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Coffee	55 min
Jul 2, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee	52 min
Jul 2, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Henry	44 min
Jul 2, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Henry	20 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.