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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 9, 2012Washington County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at May 9, 2012, 2:07 PM CDT for Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 38 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
May 9, 2012, 2:07 PM CDT (19:07 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2012, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Washington County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 143 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 493 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 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
493 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
626 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

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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 May 9, 10:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 10:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 1:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
205 PM EDT WED MAY 9 2012

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-
GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-100800-
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-
205 PM EDT WED MAY 9 2012 /105 PM CDT WED MAY 9 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME FAIRLY
WIDESPREAD...MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA. SOME STRONG
TO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED. THE STORMS SHOULD PEAK IN INTENSITY
IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...BETWEEN 3 PM AND 7 PM EDT. DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH ANY STORMS...ALTHOUGH
SOME HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER MAY OCCUR WITH THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. THE NEXT
THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME LATE IN THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED LATER. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY
MANAGERS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER AND REPORT ANY SEVERE
STORMS 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.

08/RB

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 9, 1:25 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
225 PM EDT WED MAY 9 2012

FLZ007>009-108-091930-
HOLMES FL-NORTH WALTON FL-CENTRAL WALTON FL-SOUTH WALTON FL-
125 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN HOLMES AND
WALTON COUNTIES IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

AT 122 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF DE
FUNIAK SPRINGS TO 7 MILES NORTH OF VALPARAISO...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

PEOPLE IN WALTON AND SOUTHERN HOLMES COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY
OF DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY.
LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE
ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY
REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT (8 5 0)
9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT.

LAT...LON 3073 8640 3090 8618 3083 8569 3077 8573
      3079 8575 3079 8582 3072 8582 3066 8587
      3064 8591 3060 8592 3059 8589 3056 8589
      3043 8599 3052 8640
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 277DEG 20KT 3080 8620 3060 8644

38-GODSEY
Special weather statement, May 9, 2:07 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
307 PM EDT WED MAY 9 2012

FLZ010-091945-
WASHINGTON FL-
207 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2012

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

AT 203 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...OR NEAR RED
BAY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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

WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT (8 5 0)
9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT.

LAT...LON 3044 8591 3049 8586 3051 8588 3059 8589
      3060 8592 3064 8591 3069 8586 3063 8544
      3057 8545 3056 8549 3044 8549 3044 8586
      3042 8589 3043 8596
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 293DEG 31KT 3056 8593

38-GODSEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 1:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton65 min
May 9, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton41 min
May 9, 3:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon22 min
May 9, 3:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon30 min
May 9, 4:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson50 min
May 9, 4:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson35 min
May 9, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla48 min
May 9, 4:52 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE38 min
May 9, 5:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison30 min
May 9, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELafayette, Taylor25 min
May 9, 5:25 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE50 min
May 9, 5:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAETaylor48 min
May 9, 6:04 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE41 min
May 9, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE31 min
May 9, 6:44 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE46 min
May 9, 2:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDecatur, Seminole30 min
May 9, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur38 min
May 9, 2:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELanier32 min
May 9, 3:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGrady30 min
May 9, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEColquitt37 min
May 9, 3:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBrooks, Thomas37 min
May 9, 4:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELanier, Lowndes42 min

Nearby

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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.