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High Surf Advisory 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 5, 20134 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this high surf advisory at Jun 5, 2013, 1:55 PM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2013, 1:55 PM CDT (18:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2013, 2:36 PM CDT
In force
25 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 360 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2013-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2499 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2013-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2499 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
459 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 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 high surf advisory 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 high surf advisory went out at Jun 5, 11:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 11:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 3:43 AM CDT, 10 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
443 AM EDT WED JUN 5 2013

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-
GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-061100-
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-
443 AM EDT WED JUN 5 2013 /343 AM CDT WED JUN 5 2013/

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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS FROM
APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. A HIGH RISK OF
RIP CURRENTS EXISTS THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE
PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES. THERE IS ALSO A RISK OF LOCALIZED
FLOODING TODAY...MAINLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA WHERE
HEAVY RAIN FELL ON TUESDAY. WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED AT
THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THE APPROACHING LOW IN THE
GULF AND THE FORECAST WILL BE LARGELY DEPENDENT ON ITS EVENTUAL
TRACK AND INTENSITY. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY...MAINLY ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST
AREA...DEPENDING ON THE TRACK OF THE GULF LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY...ALTHOUGH REPORTS OF
HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING ARE APPRECIATED.

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.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 2:30 AM CDTRip Current StatementTAEBay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton47 hr
Jun 5, 2:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 7 more31 hr
Jun 5, 5:22 PM CDTTropical Storm WatchTAEDixie, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor11 hr
Jun 5, 5:22 PM CDTTropical Storm WarningTAEDixie, Franklin, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Madison and 2 more29 hr
Jun 4, 8:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBen Hill, Berrien, Cook, Irwin, Lee, Terrell and 3 more113 min
Jun 4, 10:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEColquitt28 min
Jun 4, 11:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAECalhoun, Clay, Lee, Randolph, Terrell75 min
Jun 4, 11:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBrooks30 min
Jun 5, 2:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHenry55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.