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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 29, 2016Decatur County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 29, 2016, 4:13 PM EDT for Decatur County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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
Jun 29, 2016, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Decatur County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 2016-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1350 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
1350 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
768 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

436 
WWUS82 KTAE 292013
SPSTAE

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
413 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2016
 
GAZ144-145-156-157-292100-
DECATUR GA-GRADY GA-BAKER GA-MITCHELL GA-
413 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN GRADY...EAST CENTRAL
DECATUR...SOUTHERN BAKER AND SOUTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTIES UNTIL 500
PM EDT...

AT 413 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WEST BAINBRIDGE...OR OVER BAINBRIDGE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BAINBRIDGE...WEST BAINBRIDGE...CLIMAX...HANOVER...VADA...PEOPLES STILL...
AUSMAC...HARRELLS STILL...STEINHAM STORE AND DECATUR CO A/P.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3081 8461 3098 8470 3118 8436 3093 8422
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 243DEG 15KT 3093 8458 

$$

30-PULLIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 10:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun, Dougherty, Early44 min
Jun 28, 10:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBaker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Lee, Randolph and 2 more118 min
Jun 29, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAESeminole51 min
Jun 29, 4:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEColquitt41 min
Jun 29, 5:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBerrien, Lanier2 hr
Jun 29, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAETift40 min
Jun 29, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Irwin, Tift48 min
Jun 29, 7:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBen Hill, Berrien, Irwin2 hr
Jun 28, 11:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEDale, Henry, Houston119 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.