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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at May 15, 2012, 4:39 PM EDT for Leon County, Florida. It was in force for 21 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 15, 2012, 4:39 PM EDT (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Leon County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 16 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
- 719 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 804 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 15, 3:45 PM EDT, 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 15, 3:45 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 11:15 AM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1115 AM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-160900- 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- 1115 AM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012 /1015 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 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... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS OVER THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. THE MOST FAVORABLE AREA FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A TIFTON GEORGIA...TO QUINCY FLORIDA...TO APALACHICOLA LINE. A FEW STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END AFTER SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE PERIOD TO LEVELS MORE TYPICAL OF MAY. NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...ONE OR TWO STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...HOWEVER ANY REPORTS RELATED TO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WOULD BE APPRECIATED. 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. 08/18
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 15, 3:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
303 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012
FLZ018-GAZ158-151930-
THOMAS GA-INLAND JEFFERSON FL-
303 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR FAR NORTHWEST
JEFFERSON AND SOUTHERN THOMAS COUNTIES...
* UNTIL 330 PM EDT
AT 302 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTICELLO...OR NEAR FINCHER...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3059 8394 3063 8401 3067 8401 3067 8403
3068 8404 3081 8398 3074 8375
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 221DEG 15KT 3065 8397
08-LAMERSSpecial weather statement, May 15, 3:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 319 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012 FLZ027-127-151945- COASTAL WAKULLA FL-INLAND WAKULLA FL- 319 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WAKULLA COUNTY... * UNTIL 345 PM EDT AT 316 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF CRAWFORDVILLE...OR NEAR ARRAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... CRAWFORDVILLE BY 335 PM EDT. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3030 8449 3026 8421 3009 8445 3014 8456 TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 223DEG 11KT 3018 8446 08-LAMERS
Local storm report, May 15, 3:40 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 26 min |
| May 15, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 37 min |
| May 14, 10:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Irwin | 57 min |
| May 15, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Thomas | 27 min |
| May 15, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Thomas | 30 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.