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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 12, 2012Jefferson County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 12, 2012, 8:01 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Florida. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 2012, 8:01 PM EDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2012, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Jefferson County, FL

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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 Jul 12, 3:43 PM EDT, 4 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 3:43 PM EDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 2:27 AM EDT, 17 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
227 AM EDT THU JUL 12 2012

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-
GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-131100-
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-
227 AM EDT THU JUL 12 2012 /127 AM CDT THU JUL 12 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...

A FEW WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY ALONG THE COASTAL
WATERS. OTHERWISE...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS THE AREA...EXPANDING
NORTHWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS OVER
LAND IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

A TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN WILL BE IN PLACE THROUGH THE
PERIOD WITH DAILY CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WIDESPREAD
OR ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS ARE UNLIKELY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

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.

DVD

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 6:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
642 PM EDT THU JUL 12 2012

FLZ028-029-122345-
LAFAYETTE FL-INLAND TAYLOR FL-
642 PM EDT THU JUL 12 2012

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LAFAYETTE AND
NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

AT 639 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF MAYO...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF BUCKVILLE...
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

ALSO...NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH
THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES
NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE
CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 3005 8361 3028 8350 3008 8318 2992 8328
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 116DEG 13KT 3005 8332

38-GODSEY
Local storm report, Jul 12, 7:55 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 8:01 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 11:47 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE58 min
Jul 13, 2:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay23 min
Jul 13, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay32 min
Jul 13, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie50 min
Jul 13, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDixie42 min
Jul 13, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE55 min
Jul 13, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAETaylor28 min
Jul 13, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE50 min
Jul 13, 7:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAETaylor39 min
Jul 13, 7:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE56 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.