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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 10, 2012, 9:25 AM EDT for Leon County, Florida. It was in force for 50 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
- Jun 10, 2012, 9:25 AM EDT (13:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2012, 10:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Leon County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:25 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 6 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
- 1717 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 478 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.8
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 Jun 10, 9:15 AM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 9:15 AM EDT, 10 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 4:41 AM EDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 441 AM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-110900- 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- 441 AM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012 /341 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE REGION ONCE AGAIN TODAY. INITIALLY...STORMS WILL IMPACT THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. HOWEVER...AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES... SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS TO THE WEST ACROSS THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. ONE OF THE PRIMARY THREATS TODAY WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR THIS TO OCCUR WILL BE THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS OUT FROM BAY COUNTY WEST. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TODAY WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. AN ISOLATED WEAK TORNADO OR WATERSPOUT CANNOT BE RULED OUT. WE CONTINUE TO SEE A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES FROM PANAMA CITY WEST WITH A MODERATE RISK FURTHER EAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH COVERAGE DECREASING A BIT AFTER THAT. THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE WITH LOCALIZED POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING POSSIBLE IN THE AREAS THAT GET THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... GENERAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY. HOWEVER... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SELF ACTIVATE IF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING OCCURS IN THEIR AREA. 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. 18-WOOL
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 10, 8:22 AM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
822 AM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 E GENEVA 31.04N 85.85W
06/10/2012 M3.24 INCH GENEVA AL MESONET
24 HOUR TOTAL ENDING AT 600 AM CDT FROM THE CPYRA RIVER
GAUGE ALONG THE CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER AT GENEVA HIGHWAY
52. SITE IDENTIFIER GNVA1.
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DVDSpecial weather statement, Jun 10, 9:25 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
925 AM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012
FLZ017-101415-
LEON FL-
925 AM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LEON COUNTY...
* UNTIL 1015 AM EDT
AT 920 AM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF WOODVILLE...OR NEAR LEON SINKS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
PEOPLE IN CENTRAL LEON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WOODVILLE AND
TALLAHASSEE...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN
FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION
SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.
WINDS 40 TO 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 3030 8424 3030 8425 3030 8441 3031 8447
3063 8430 3049 8406 3029 8423 3029 8424
TIME...MOT...LOC 1325Z 213DEG 16KT 3031 8434
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 12:00 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 60 min | |
| Jun 10, 1:03 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 57 min | |
| Jun 10, 6:54 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 51 min | |
| Jun 10, 7:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 31 min | |
| Jun 10, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 57 min |
| Jun 10, 2:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 56 min | |
| Jun 10, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 57 min | |
| Jun 10, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Quitman | 37 min |
| Jun 10, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Early, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell | 44 min |
| Jun 10, 4:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Miller, Seminole | 32 min |
| Jun 10, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Lee | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 5:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Worth | 11 min |
| Jun 10, 11:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Geneva | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 11:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Geneva | 26 min |
| Jun 10, 11:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 12:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva | 52 min |
| Jun 10, 1:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva | 33 min |
| Jun 10, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee | 57 min |
| Jun 10, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 52 min |
| Jun 10, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Houston | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry, Houston | 53 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.