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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 31, 2011Bay County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 31, 2011, 6:58 PM CDT for Bay County, Florida. It was in force for 47 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 31, 2011, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 2011, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Bay County, FL

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The text

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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 31, 1:22 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 1:22 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 3:10 AM CDT, 15 hours 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 31, 5:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 31, 6:39 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
739 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2011

FLZ016-010015-
GADSDEN FL-
739 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2011

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR GADSDEN COUNTY...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

AT 736 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF TALLAHASSEE...OR NEAR QUINCY.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY OR SLOWLY DRIFTING SOUTHEAST
AT AROUND 5 MPH.

PEOPLE IN GADSDEN COUNTY...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

ALSO...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS
STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER
ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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 3042 8461 3056 8477 3070 8468 3068 8431
      3060 8433 3057 8438 3047 8441 3045 8446
      3046 8450 3045 8450 3043 8456 3041 8459
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 303DEG 3KT 3058 8458

14-MROCZKA

Special weather statement, Jul 31, 6:58 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
758 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2011

FLZ012-112-010045-
INLAND BAY FL-COASTAL BAY FL-
658 PM CDT SUN JUL 31 2011

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR BAY COUNTY...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

AT 654 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES NORTH OF PANAMA CITY...OR NEAR CRYSTAL LAKE...
MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3044 8582 3044 8563 3003 8547 3001 8557
      3005 8560 3009 8570 3016 8579 3026 8580
      3024 8575 3020 8573 3023 8569 3022 8572
      3029 8577 3029 8581
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 347DEG 17KT 3041 8573

18-WOOL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 31, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Franklin	25 min
Jul 31, 5:27 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		22 min
Jul 31, 6:11 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton	20 hr
Jul 31, 6:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden	36 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Florida, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.