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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Apr 5, 2012, 12:42 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Florida. It was in force for 33 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
- Apr 5, 2012, 12:42 PM CDT (17:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2012, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Calhoun County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -397 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1087 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Apr 5, 11:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 11:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 3:07 AM CDT, 9 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 407 AM EDT THU APR 5 2012 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-060815- 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- 407 AM EDT THU APR 5 2012 /307 AM CDT THU APR 5 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. ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS TODAY FOR OUR ENTIRE AREA... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... AN ORGANIZED SEVERE STORM THREAT IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT AS THE WINDS ALOFT INCREASE AHEAD OF A SLOWLY APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE THREAT WILL BE FOCUSED WEST OF THE APALACHICOLA RIVER IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON AND EAST OF THE RIVER IN THE MID AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS OUTLINED OUR ENTIRE FORECAST AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. FURTHERMORE...AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT AT THIS TIME. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL WIND DOWN FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER SUNSET BUT PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE UNTIL A COLD FRONT EXITS THE AREA DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY MINOR FLOODING SHOULD ALSO BE ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SOME RAIN WILL LINGER ACROSS EASTERN COUNTIES FRIDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE...A COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND...AND LITTLE OR NO CHANCE OF RAIN IS FORECAST INTO NEXT WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED TODAY. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR LOCALIZED FLOODING THREATS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP. BLOCK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 12:42 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 142 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012 FLZ013-016-026-051815- CALHOUN FL-GADSDEN FL-LIBERTY FL- 142 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CALHOUN...GADSDEN AND LIBERTY COUNTIES... * UNTIL 215 PM EDT/115 PM CDT/ AT 1239 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BLOUNTSTOWN...OR NEAR SELMAN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN...NORTHERN LIBERTY AND WESTERN GADSDEN COUNTIES...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. WINDS AROUND 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3063 8480 3047 8478 3046 8508 3058 8509 TIME...MOT...LOC 1742Z 266DEG 23KT 3052 8501 08-LAMERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 10:18 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 57 min | |
| Apr 5, 11:09 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 66 min | |
| Apr 5, 12:07 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 53 min | |
| Apr 5, 12:55 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 95 min | |
| Apr 5, 3:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 37 min |
| Apr 5, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Early, Miller | 54 min |
| Apr 5, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dougherty | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lee | 51 min |
| Apr 5, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Mitchell | 28 min |
| Apr 5, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Mitchell | 27 min |
| Apr 5, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Thomas | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale | 49 min |
| Apr 5, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry, Houston | 48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.