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Tropical Storm Warning 1002, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 27, 20124 counties in Florida; 5 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tropical storm warning at May 27, 2012, 5:41 PM EDT for 4 counties in Florida; 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 18 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2012, 5:41 PM EDT (21:41 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2012, 11:27 AM EDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Dixie County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Cook County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 94 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-226 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1543 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tropical storm warning 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 tropical storm warning went out at May 27, 4:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 4:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 4:57 AM EDT, 12 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
457 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-
GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-281130-
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-
457 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012 /357 AM CDT SUN MAY 27 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...

...SUB-TROPICAL STORM BERYL WILL CONTINUE TO APPROACH THE REGION
FROM THE WEST-NORTHWEST TODAY...WITH ITS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
GRADUALLY SPREADING FROM WEST TO EAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...

OTHERWISE...WE EXPECT ANOTHER HOT DAY ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION
TODAY WITH HIGHS CLIMBING INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S AWAY FROM
THE COAST...WITH THE AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLY
COOLING THINGS OFF OF BIT TO THE EAST BY LATE IN THE DAY. SOME OF
THE HEAVIER RAINFALL FROM BERYL MAY ARRIVE ACROSS FAR EASTERN
PORTIONS OF THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY
GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
THE MAIN EFFECTS OF BERYL OVER OUR AREA WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR
SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER IT WEAKENS INTO
A DEPRESSION. AS IT APPEARS NOW...WE HAVE TRIMMED BACK STORM TOTAL
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS (THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT) TO GENERALLY ONE
HALF OF AN INCH OR LESS TO THE WEST OF THE APALACHICOLA AND CHATTAHOOCHEE
RIVERS...TO 1 TO 1.5" FOR AREAS FURTHER EAST INCLUDING LEON AND
JEFFERSON COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...AND 2 TO 2.5" OF RAIN
FOR THE EXTREME EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA...WHICH IS A BIT LOWER
THAN THE TOTALS WE EXPECTED YESTERDAY. KEEP IN MIND THESE NUMBERS
ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE...AND AMOUNTS COULD BE LOCALLY HIGHER OR
LOWER IN ANY GIVEN LOCATION. FURTHERMORE...ALTHOUGH SUSTAINED
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH OUR
AREA...SOME WINDS COULD BRIEFLY GUST TO 30 TO 35 MPH IN SOME OF
THE HEAVIER SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY.

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.

17-GOULD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 4:20 AM EDTRed Flag WarningTAECalhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington14 hr
May 27, 2:17 PM EDTHurricane Local StatementTAEDixie, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Madison, Taylor and 1 more21 hr
May 27, 3:38 PM EDTFlood WatchTAEDixie, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Madison, Taylor and 1 more37 hr

Nearby

Tropical Storm Warnings in Georgia, 2012Tropical Storm Warnings in Florida, 2012Every tropical storm warning in 2012

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.