Alert archive / Florida / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2012, 1:21 PM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2012, 1:21 PM CDT (18:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2012, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 1:40 PM CDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 45 | 3 N St Joseph State Par, FL | STRONG WINDS BLEW DOWN SOME CANOPIES ON THE CAPE. NO TREE DAMAGE REPORTED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 2246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
119
WWUS82 KTAE 091821
SPSTAE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
221 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
FLZ014-112-114-091900-
INLAND GULF FL-COASTAL GULF FL-COASTAL BAY FL-
121 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2012
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR FAR SOUTHEAST BAY
AND GULF COUNTIES...
* UNTIL 200 PM CDT /300 PM EDT/
AT 117 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEXICO BEACH...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
ALSO...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 2983 8532 2986 8538 2979 8540 2971 8538
2971 8540 2984 8543 2988 8539 2986 8535
2994 8541 2996 8551 3000 8554 3004 8539
3002 8518 2989 8512 2971 8530 2971 8532
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 267DEG 26KT 2989 8551
$$
08-LAMERSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 11:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 62 min |
| Aug 9, 12:37 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 53 min | |
| Aug 9, 1:23 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 22 min | |
| Aug 9, 1:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf | 52 min |
| Aug 9, 12:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Grady | 42 min |
| Aug 9, 1:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dougherty | 41 min |
| Aug 9, 1:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Dougherty | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Lee, Worth | 40 min |
| Aug 9, 1:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Dougherty | 83 min |
| Aug 9, 2:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin | 57 min |
| Aug 9, 12:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dale, Henry, Houston | 60 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.