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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 14, 2016Seminole County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2016, 7:49 PM EDT for Seminole County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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 14, 2016, 7:49 PM EDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2016, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Seminole County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 100 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-p

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: 338 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1137 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -22 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 14, 7:23 PM EDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 7:23 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 14, 2:25 PM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
225 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016

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

0215 PM     TSTM WND GST     DE FUNIAK SPRING AIRPOR 30.73N 86.15W
07/14/2016  M43 MPH          WALTON             FL   AWOS

&&

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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:38 PM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
138 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016

ALZ068-FLZ007-009-141930-
GENEVA AL-HOLMES FL-NORTH WALTON FL-
138 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN GENEVA...WESTERN
HOLMES AND NORTH CENTRAL WALTON COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CDT...

AT 138 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR FLORALA
TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SAMSON...UNION...PAXTON...PONCE DE LEON...CARYVILLE...WESTVILLE...
ROYALS CROSSROADS...BARKER STORE...BAKER SETTLEMENT...HICKORY HILL...
PLEASANT HILL...PERA...NEW HOPE...PROSPERITY...GRITNEY...LAKEWOOD...
ARRANT SETTLEMENT...GASKIN...WEEKS AND LOGAN FIELD MUNICIPAL A/P.

LAT...LON 3100 8619 3117 8619 3119 8618 3105 8592
      3081 8572 3079 8579 3079 8582 3078 8582
      3071 8604 3084 8614 3099 8631
TIME...MOT...LOC 1838Z 224DEG 16KT 3097 8624 3088 8611 3067 8597

55-SCHOLL

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
516 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016

FLZ017-142145-
LEON FL-
516 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LEON COUNTY UNTIL
545 PM EDT...

AT 515 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FLORIDA A AND M...OR NEAR TALLAHASSEE...
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

WINDS NEAR 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TALLAHASSEE...INNOVATION PARK...TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL A/P...LAKE
BRADFORD...GAITHER COMMUNITY CENTER...NORTH FLORIDA FAIRGROUNDS...
BELAIR...SPRINGSAX PARK...LAKE MUNSON AND SOUTHWOOD.

LAT...LON 3040 8420 3034 8423 3036 8437 3044 8436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 114DEG 9KT 3038 8427

42-DVD

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 6:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
635 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016

FLZ017-142315-
LEON FL-
635 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LEON COUNTY UNTIL
715 PM EDT...

AT 635 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TALLAHASSEE COMM COLLEGE...OR 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MIDWAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TALLAHASSEE...TALLAHASSEE COMM COLLEGE...INNOVATION PARK...
LEON SINKS...NORTH FLORIDA FAIRGROUNDS...EIGHT MILE POND...BELAIR...
SPRINGSAX PARK...TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL A/P...LAKE BRADFORD...
GAITHER COMMUNITY CENTER...ANDREW...LAKE MUNSON AND BRAGG STADIUM.

LAT...LON 3043 8450 3046 8446 3046 8443 3047 8440
      3048 8439 3050 8439 3045 8433 3038 8422
      3030 8430 3030 8439
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 234DEG 5KT 3041 8439

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Local storm report, Jul 14, 6:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
645 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016

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

0638 PM     TSTM WND GST     TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL A/ 30.40N 84.35W
07/14/2016  M44 MPH          LEON               FL   ASOS

            44 MPH GUST MEASURED AT KTLH

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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 7:49 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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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 14, 1:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	40 min
Jul 14, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gulf	28 min
Jul 14, 2:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes	52 min
Jul 14, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	29 min
Jul 14, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	40 min
Jul 14, 6:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Leon	21 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.