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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 13, 2011Randolph County, Terrell County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Oct 13, 2011, 3:20 PM EDT for Randolph County, Terrell County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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
Oct 13, 2011, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
Expired
Oct 13, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Randolph County, GA, Terrell County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 172 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2011-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 314 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2011-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
314 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
461 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 13, 5:06 AM EDTFire Weather WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 9 more23 hr
Oct 13, 3:21 PM EDTRed Flag WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more13 hr
Oct 13, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMitchell28 min
Oct 13, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGeneva56 min
Oct 13, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHouston44 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2011Every 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.