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Special Marine Warning 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 26, 2012

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special marine warning at Jan 26, 2012, 2:11 PM EST. It was in force for 109 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 26, 2012, 2:11 PM EST (19:11 UTC)
Expired
Jan 26, 2012, 4:00 PM EST
In force
109 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine warning 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 marine warning went out at Jan 26, 10:00 AM EST, 4 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 10:00 AM EST, 4 hours 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 26, 5:30 AM EST, 8 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
530 AM EST THU JAN 26 2012

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-
GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-271030-
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-
530 AM EST THU JAN 26 2012 /430 AM CST THU JAN 26 2012/

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...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST
ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG
BEND REGION TODAY. A COLD FRONT WILL BE SWEEPING EAST ALONG THE
GULF COAST...AND IT IS LIKELY TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS SQUALL LINE WOULD MOVE QUICKLY FROM WEST TO
EAST ACROSS THE AREA. ADDITIONALLY...SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BEGIN TO FORM IN THE INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR
MASS OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON. THESE ISOLATED STORMS COULD ALSO AFFECT ADJACENT
PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLD
FRONT AND MAIN SQUALL LINE.

THE MAIN THREATS WITH THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. WHILE EVERYONE IN OUR AREA
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WEATHER...IT WILL BE MOST LIKELY
FROM SOUTHEAST ALABAMA INTO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AREAS WEST OF
THE APALACHICOLA RIVER. REGARDING TIMING...SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS
MOST LIKELY BETWEEN ABOUT 2 PM EST AND 10 PM EST.

MORE DETAILS ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CAN BE FOUND ON OUR
OFFICE WEB PAGE.

ELEVATED WINDS AND SEAS ARE LIKELY OVER THE COASTAL WATERS TODAY.
HIGHER GUSTS AND SEAS WILL BE FOUND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS
ALSO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG COASTAL WALTON COUNTY
TODAY...WITH A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ELSEWHERE AS SURF
HEIGHTS BUILD TO 3 TO 5 FEET ALONG THE PANHANDLE BEACHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL SETTLE INTO THE REGION ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BEHIND
THE DEPARTING COLD FRONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITOR THE
WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY TODAY.

08-LAMERS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 26, 4:33 AM ESTRip Current StatementTAEWalton14 hr
Jan 26, 2:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton50 min
Jan 26, 3:06 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes24 min
Jan 26, 3:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Walton, Washington68 min
Jan 26, 3:32 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE118 min
Jan 26, 3:40 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE18 hr
Jan 26, 5:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Gulf49 min
Jan 26, 5:12 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Jan 26, 3:27 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAECoffee48 min
Jan 26, 3:51 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDale, Geneva39 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.