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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2012, 2:17 PM EDT for Madison County, Florida. It was in force for 43 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
- Aug 14, 2012, 2:17 PM EDT (18:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Madison County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 1774 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 734 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
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 Aug 14, 10:07 AM EDT, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 10:07 AM EDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 410 AM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-150100- 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- 410 AM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012 /310 AM CDT TUE AUG 14 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...TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WE WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION TODAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED ALTHOUGH A FEW STORMS MAY BRIEFLY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE LATER THIS MORNING OR AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. TYPICAL SUMMERTIME WEATHER WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM EACH DAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME MORE NUMEROUS OVER THE WEEKEND AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE REGION. .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. BARRY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 11:40 AM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
126 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012
FLZ016-026-141815-
GADSDEN FL-LIBERTY FL-
126 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR GADSDEN AND
NORTHERN LIBERTY COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...
* UNTIL 215 PM EDT
AT 124 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF QUINCY...OR NEAR LOWRY...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.
WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY
REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3040 8499 3066 8480 3055 8439 3047 8441
3045 8446 3046 8450 3045 8450 3043 8456
3041 8459 3041 8462 3033 8471
TIME...MOT...LOC 1726Z 278DEG 21KT 3046 8477
38-GODSEYSpecial weather statement, Aug 14, 1:46 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
146 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012
FLZ017-141845-
LEON FL-
146 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR LEON COUNTY IN THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND...
* UNTIL 245 PM EDT
AT 141 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF QUINCY
TO 19 MILES SOUTH OF QUINCY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
TALLAHASSEE BY 220 PM EDT.
WOODVILLE BY 240 PM EDT.
WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY
REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3052 8404 3046 8404 3043 8408 3027 8408
3027 8424 3030 8425 3030 8471 3033 8471
3041 8462 3041 8459 3046 8450 3047 8441
3057 8438 3060 8434 3055 8398 3052 8398
TIME...MOT...LOC 1746Z 276DEG 22KT 3053 8447 3031 8465
38-GODSEYSpecial weather statement, Aug 14, 2:17 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 217 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012 FLZ019-028-141900- MADISON FL-INLAND TAYLOR FL- 217 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MADISON AND NORTHERN TAYLOR COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND... * UNTIL 300 PM EDT AT 215 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF PERRY...OR NEAR BOYD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3036 8337 3011 8337 3013 8376 3035 8372 TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 268DEG 19KT 3022 8361 38-GODSEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 11:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 50 min |
| Aug 14, 11:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 49 min |
| Aug 14, 12:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson | 51 min |
| Aug 14, 1:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 51 min | |
| Aug 14, 1:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden | 49 min |
| Aug 14, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 59 min |
| Aug 14, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 42 min |
| Aug 14, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 54 min | |
| Aug 13, 9:49 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Berrien, Lowndes | 15 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Henry | 29 min |
| Aug 14, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Henry | 28 min |
| Aug 14, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Henry | 27 min |
| Aug 14, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Coffee | 28 min |
| Aug 14, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dale | 25 min |
| Aug 14, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dale | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Coffee | 51 min |
| Aug 14, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 38 min |
| Aug 14, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Geneva | 23 min |
| Aug 14, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Geneva | 58 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.