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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 2, 2016Clay County, Georgia; Henry County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2016, 7:13 PM EDT for Clay County, Georgia; Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 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
Aug 2, 2016, 7:13 PM EDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2016, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Henry County, AL, Clay County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 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, 11.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1083 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 2016-08-02The 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
1083 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
828 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

298 
WWUS82 KTAE 022313
SPSTAE

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
713 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2016
 
ALZ067-GAZ121-142-022345-
HENRY AL-CLAY GA-EARLY GA-
713 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HENRY...NORTHWESTERN EARLY AND
SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT/645 PM CDT/...

AT 713 PM EDT/613 PM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
NEAR FORT GAINES TO NEAR ABBEVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ABBEVILLE...FORT GAINES...HEADLAND...NEWVILLE...BLUFFTON...
HALEBURG...SCOTTSBORO CROSSROADS...CAPPS...WILLIS CROSSROADS...
MURPHY STATION...SCREAMER...GRABALL...BARNES...
HEADLAND MUNICIPAL A/P...STANDLEYS STORE...WALTER F GEORGE LAKE...
KOLOMOKI MOUNDS SP...ZETTO...
LAWRENCEVILLE AND WALTER F. GEORGE LOCK AND DAM.

LAT...LON 3175 8511 3162 8498 3152 8482 3150 8482
      3150 8480 3149 8482 3142 8499 3132 8533
      3163 8542 3171 8542 3170 8522 3172 8521
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 325DEG 16KT 3166 8510 3161 8518 3159 8528 

$$

JLF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 1:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELiberty41 min
Aug 2, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEClay, Quitman, Randolph52 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.