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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 9, 2011Randolph County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2011, 1:39 PM EDT for Randolph County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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 9, 2011, 1:39 PM EDT (17:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2011, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Randolph County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 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: 2773 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 4 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 9, 10:54 AM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 10:54 AM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 3:47 AM EDT, 9 hours 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
347 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2011

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-
GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-101100-
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-
347 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2011 /247 AM CDT SAT JUL 9 2011/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
ALABAMA...FLORIDA...NORTHERN FLORIDA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA...SOUTH
CENTRAL GEORGIA...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND GULF OF MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A TROPICAL AIRMASS WILL LEAD TO A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE
HEAVY RAINFALL RATES. HEAT INDICES WILL ALSO RANGE BETWEEN 100 AND
105 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO A COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES IN
THE LOW TO MID 90S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE FAVORABLE FOR A GOOD CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK AS
A TROPICAL AIRMASS LINGERS OVER THE AREA. BY MIDWEEK...EXPECT A
GOOD CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE STORMS. HOWEVER...NO
ORGANIZED OR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS FORECAST AT THIS TIME.
THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 90S AND HIGH
DEWPOINTS FROM THE TROPICAL AIRMASS MAY PUSH HEAT INDICES INTO
THE 105 TO 109 RANGE ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 1:39 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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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 9, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jackson	49 min
Jul 9, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jackson	50 min
Jul 9, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jackson	47 min
Jul 9, 6:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jackson	36 min
Jul 9, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Early	49 min
Jul 9, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Miller	47 min
Jul 9, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Colquitt	50 min
Jul 9, 4:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Thomas	3 hr
Jul 9, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dale	58 min

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Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2011 Every special weather statement 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.