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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this wind advisory at Dec 7, 2011, 4:25 AM EST for 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama; 16 counties in Florida. It took effect at Dec 7, 2011, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 7, 2011, 4:25 AM EST (09:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 7, 2011, 9:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 7, 2011, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
All 47 counties
Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
566 WWUS72 KTAE 070925 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 425 AM EST WED DEC 7 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT TODAY... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY...BRINGING WITH IT STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND MUCH COLDER AIR. FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO REACH THE LOWER TO MID 30S BY DAWN THURSDAY...EVEN IN THE CITIES AND AT THE BEACHES. ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-072200- /O.NEW.KTAE.WI.Y.0004.111207T1400Z-111208T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FZ.A.0004.111208T0600Z-111208T1300Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER... DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON... SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...DOTHAN...KINSEY... COWARTS...WEBB...COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS... HUDSON...BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS... MARIANNA...GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...YOUNGSTOWN... BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY...WEWAHITCHKA...QUINCY...CHATTAHOOCHEE... TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO...MADISON...GREENVILLE... SWEETWATER...CRAWFORDVILLE...PERRY...MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY... FREEPORT...SANTA ROSA BEACH...PANAMA CITY...PARKER... PORT SAINT JOE...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...SOPCHOPPY... SAINT MARKS...KEATON BEACH...STEINHATCHEE...SUWANNEE... GEORGETOWN...FORT GAINES...CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON... MORGAN...EDISON...LEARY...DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG... SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER...ASHBURN...TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA... DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY...COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM... MOULTRIE...ADEL...SPARKS...NASHVILLE...DONALSONVILLE... BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE...QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND 425 AM EST WED DEC 7 2011 /325 AM CST WED DEC 7 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS INCREASING TO AROUND 20 MPH BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON...FREQUENTLY GUSTING TO 30 TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...FROM LATE THIS MORNING UNTIL SUNSET. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. TREE LIMBS COULD BE BLOWN DOWN. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS LIKE GARBAGE CANS AND LIGHT PATIO FURNITURE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD DAMAGE SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. && $$ FOURNIER
2 follow-up statements
112 WWUS72 KTAE 071444 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 944 AM EST WED DEC 7 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT TODAY... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .A COLD FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH THE REGION...BRINGING WITH IT STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND MUCH COLDER AIR. FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH AN OCCASIONAL PEAK GUST OF 40 MPH POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO REACH THE LOWER TO MID 30S BY DAWN THURSDAY...EVEN IN THE CITIES AND AT THE BEACHES. ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-072200- /O.CON.KTAE.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-111208T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FZ.A.0004.111208T0600Z-111208T1300Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER... DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON... SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...DOTHAN...KINSEY... COWARTS...WEBB...COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS... HUDSON...BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS... MARIANNA...GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...YOUNGSTOWN... BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY...WEWAHITCHKA...QUINCY...CHATTAHOOCHEE... TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO...MADISON...GREENVILLE... SWEETWATER...CRAWFORDVILLE...PERRY...MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY... FREEPORT...SANTA ROSA BEACH...PANAMA CITY...PARKER... PORT SAINT JOE...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...SOPCHOPPY... SAINT MARKS...KEATON BEACH...STEINHATCHEE...SUWANNEE... GEORGETOWN...FORT GAINES...CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON... MORGAN...EDISON...LEARY...DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG... SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER...ASHBURN...TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA... DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY...COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM... MOULTRIE...ADEL...SPARKS...NASHVILLE...DONALSONVILLE... BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE...QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND 944 AM EST WED DEC 7 2011 /844 AM CST WED DEC 7 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS INCREASING TO AROUND 20 MPH BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON...FREQUENTLY GUSTING TO 30 TO 35 MPH WITH AN OCCASIONAL PEAK GUST OF 40 MPH POSSIBLE. * TIMING...FROM LATE THIS MORNING UNTIL SUNSET. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. TREE LIMBS COULD BE BLOWN DOWN. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS LIKE GARBAGE CANS AND LIGHT PATIO FURNITURE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD DAMAGE SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. && $$ DVD
016 WWUS72 KTAE 072006 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 306 PM EST WED DEC 7 2011 ...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING FOR ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE COAST... .A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE REGION...BRINGING WITH IT STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND MUCH COLDER AIR. FREQUENT WIND GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON WITH AN OCCASIONAL PEAK GUST OF 40 MPH POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO REACH THE LOWER 30S BY DAWN ON THURSDAY AWAY FROM THE COAST. FLZ108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-080000- /O.CAN.KTAE.FZ.A.0004.111208T0600Z-111208T1300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-111208T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL DIXIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREEPORT...SANTA ROSA BEACH... PANAMA CITY...PARKER...PORT SAINT JOE...APALACHICOLA... CARRABELLE...SOPCHOPPY...SAINT MARKS...KEATON BEACH... STEINHATCHEE...SUWANNEE 306 PM EST WED DEC 7 2011 /206 PM CST WED DEC 7 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WATCH. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AROUND 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND AN OCCASIONAL PEAK GUST NEAR 40 MPH. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH BY 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. TREE LIMBS COULD BE BLOWN DOWN. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS LIKE GARBAGE CANS AND LIGHT PATIO FURNITURE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. && $$ ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- 081300- /O.UPG.KTAE.FZ.A.0004.111208T0600Z-111208T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FZ.W.0005.111208T0900Z-111208T1300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-111208T0000Z/ 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-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER... DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON... SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...DOTHAN...KINSEY... COWARTS...WEBB...COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS... HUDSON...BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS... MARIANNA...GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...YOUNGSTOWN... BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY...WEWAHITCHKA...QUINCY...CHATTAHOOCHEE... TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO...MADISON...GREENVILLE... SWEETWATER...CRAWFORDVILLE...PERRY...MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY... GEORGETOWN...FORT GAINES...CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON... MORGAN...EDISON...LEARY...DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG... SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER...ASHBURN...TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA... DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY...COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM... MOULTRIE...ADEL...SPARKS...NASHVILLE...DONALSONVILLE... BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE...QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND 306 PM EST WED DEC 7 2011 /206 PM CST WED DEC 7 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ TO 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ TO 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ THURSDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AROUND 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND AN OCCASIONAL PEAK GUST NEAR 40 MPH. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH BY 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/. * WIND IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. TREE LIMBS COULD BE BLOWN DOWN. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS LIKE GARBAGE CANS AND LIGHT PATIO FURNITURE. * TEMPERATURES...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES AROUND 32 DEGREES. * FREEZE DURATION...1 TO 3 HOURS. * TEMPERATURE IMPACTS...POTENTIAL DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. && $$ DVD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 3:52 AM EST | Freeze Watch | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 7, 3:06 PM EST | Freeze Warning | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 17 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Georgia, 2011Wind Advisories in Florida, 2011Wind Advisories in Alabama, 2011Every wind advisory 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.