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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 19, 2016Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2016, 3:15 PM CDT for Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 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 19, 2016, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Houston County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 18, 6:15 PM CDT, 21 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 6:15 PM CDT, 21 hours 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 19, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Madison	68 min
Jul 19, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		42 min
Jul 19, 5:37 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		23 min
Jul 19, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson	33 min
Jul 19, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		50 min
Jul 19, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Madison	25 min
Jul 19, 6:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Wakulla	24 min
Jul 19, 6:37 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		68 min
Jul 19, 6:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Taylor	51 min
Jul 19, 6:59 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		61 min
Jul 19, 2:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Lee, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell	46 min
Jul 19, 2:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Quitman, Randolph	53 min
Jul 19, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lee, Randolph, Terrell	50 min
Jul 19, 3:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill	37 min
Jul 19, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin	36 min
Jul 19, 4:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Berrien	40 min
Jul 19, 4:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lanier, Lowndes	38 min
Jul 19, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes	65 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.