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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 13, 2012Bay County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2012, 1:07 PM CDT for Bay County, Florida. It was in force for 23 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
Jul 13, 2012, 1:07 PM CDT (18:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2012, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Bay County, FL

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The text

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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 13, 9:49 AM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 9:49 AM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 2:38 AM CDT, 10 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
338 AM EDT FRI JUL 13 2012

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-118-127-128-134-
GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-765-770-775-140745-
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 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  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-
338 AM EDT FRI JUL 13 2012 /238 AM CDT FRI JUL 13 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...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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.

FLZ114-115-GMZ755-140745-
COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO
20 NM-
338 AM EDT FRI JUL 13 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL COMMUNITIES ALONG
FRANKLIN AND GULF COUNTIES...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY AS STORMS MOVE FROM
EAST TO WEST TOWARDS THE COASTLINE. THE THREAT WILL DIMINISH LATER
IN THE AFTERNOON ONCE THE SEABREEZE FRONT MOVES INLAND.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

WITH EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW CONTINUING...WATERSPOUTS WILL REMAIN A
POSSIBILITY...ESPECIALLY ALONG EASTWARD FACING BEACHES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HOWEVER...SIGHTINGS OF
WATERSPOUTS SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

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.

HARRIGAN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 13, 12:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 1:07 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
207 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 2012

FLZ012-108-112-131830-
INLAND BAY FL-COASTAL BAY FL-
107 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR BAY COUNTY...

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

AT 101 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED DEVELOPING
SHOWERS AND TOWERING CUMULUS CLOUDS NEAR WEST BAY...MOVING SOUTHWEST
AT 10 MPH.

ONE OF MORE FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED...BUT AT THIS TIME
DOPPLER RADAR DOES NOT INDICATE STRONG ROTATION WITH THE STORM.

THE DEVELOPING SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF FUNNELS OR PERHAPS A
WATERSPOUT OVER THE BAY...BUT TORNADOES ARE NOT EXPECTED.

LAT...LON 3033 8579 3036 8557 3022 8555 3015 8578
      3021 8588 3025 8596 3030 8598
TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 063DEG 7KT 3023 8567

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson44 min
Jul 13, 10:47 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE58 min
Jul 13, 3:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay32 min
Jul 13, 4:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie50 min
Jul 13, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDixie42 min
Jul 13, 5:05 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE55 min
Jul 13, 5:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAETaylor28 min
Jul 13, 5:55 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE50 min
Jul 13, 6:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAETaylor39 min
Jul 13, 6:49 PM CDTSpecial 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.