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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 11, 2016Henry County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2016, 12:39 PM CDT for Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 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: Jul 11, 2016, 12:39 PM CDT (17:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2016, 1:30 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Henry County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:41 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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1076 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 980 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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 Jul 11, 8:52 AM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 8:52 AM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 11, 11:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1201 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0645 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 E SYCAMORE            31.67N 83.60W
07/09/2016  M70 MPH          TURNER             GA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MEASURED GUST OF 70 MPH AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

&&

MCDERMOTT

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 11:51 AM CDT, 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1151 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

FLZ008>010-111715-
HOLMES FL-CENTRAL WALTON FL-WASHINGTON FL-
1151 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON...NORTH
CENTRAL WALTON AND SOUTHWESTERN HOLMES COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 PM CDT...

AT 1150 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PONCE DE LEON...DOUGLASS CROSSROAD...KNOX HILL AND EUCHEEANNA.

LAT...LON 3071 8604 3074 8604 3077 8590 3061 8582
      3061 8608 3070 8611
TIME...MOT...LOC 1650Z 261DEG 18KT 3067 8604

55-SCHOLL

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 12:19 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1219 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

ALZ066-111745-
DALE AL-
1219 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN DALE COUNTY UNTIL 1245
PM CDT...

AT 1219 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER DALEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DALEVILLE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER...ENTERPRISE...MIDLAND CITY...
LEVEL PLAINS...NEWTON...PINCKARD...CLAYHATCHEE...GRIMES...
NAPIER FIELD...WATERFORD...HOOPER STAGE FIELD...LOWE ARMY HELIPORT...
KELLY...BAGWELLS CROSSROADS...KLONDYKE HILL...KNOX FIELD...
GERALD AND HANCHEY FIELD.

LAT...LON 3136 8579 3145 8565 3130 8543 3126 8557
      3127 8561 3127 8566 3125 8567 3123 8569
      3122 8573 3128 8579
TIME...MOT...LOC 1719Z 236DEG 38KT 3131 8573

55-SCHOLL

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 12:27 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1227 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

ALZ068-FLZ009-011-111800-
GENEVA AL-JACKSON FL-HOLMES FL-
1227 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN GENEVA...
NORTHEASTERN HOLMES AND NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM
CDT...

AT 1226 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF BONIFAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GRACEVILLE...ESTO...NOMA...BROWNTOWN...HOLLAND CROSSROADS...
NOMA JUNCTION...COBB CROSSROADS...FADETTE...
TENDIL CROSSING AND ARDS CROSSROADS.

LAT...LON 3086 8577 3108 8563 3103 8549 3100 8549
      3100 8544 3082 8563
TIME...MOT...LOC 1726Z 209DEG 27KT 3088 8566

55-SCHOLL

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 12:39 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1239 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

ALZ067-111830-
HENRY AL-
1239 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTY UNTIL
130 PM CDT...

AT 1239 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF HEADLAND...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ABBEVILLE...HEADLAND...NEWVILLE...GRANDBERRY CROSSROADS...
BLACKWOOD...HEADLAND MUNICIPAL A/P...CAPPS...TUMBLETON...DANCEY...
BALKUM...MURPHY STATION...GRABALL AND ABBEVILLE MUNICIPAL 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3135 8541 3160 8541 3164 8519 3133 8518
TIME...MOT...LOC 1739Z 257DEG 13KT 3146 8537

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 11, 11:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	24 min
Jul 11, 12:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes	33 min
Jul 11, 1:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	48 min
Jul 11, 2:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden	40 min
Jul 11, 3:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden	39 min
Jul 11, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gilchrist	38 min
Jul 11, 1:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay	45 min
Jul 11, 1:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Early, Miller	37 min
Jul 11, 1:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay, Quitman, Randolph	51 min
Jul 11, 1:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early	34 min
Jul 11, 2:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Randolph, Terrell	43 min
Jul 11, 2:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Grady	50 min
Jul 11, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Lee, Mitchell and 1 more	23 min
Jul 11, 2:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Thomas	50 min
Jul 11, 2:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dougherty, Lee	49 min
Jul 11, 3:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Decatur	53 min
Jul 11, 3:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Thomas	40 min
Jul 11, 12:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dale	26 min
Jul 11, 12:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Houston	44 min
Jul 11, 1:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Henry	30 min
Jul 11, 1:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Houston	40 min
Jul 11, 1:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Henry, Houston	31 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.