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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this wind advisory at Feb 24, 2016, 3:54 AM EST for 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama; 16 counties in Florida. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2016, 3:54 AM EST (08:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
All 47 counties
Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 66 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
055 WWUS72 KTAE 240854 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 354 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY TODAY FOR WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. LOCALLY...WINDS WILL GUST TO 40 MPH...THEN WEAKEN AROUND SUNSET. ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-242300- /O.NEW.KTAE.WI.Y.0004.160224T0854Z-160224T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-NORTH WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF- INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE-SOUTH WALTON- COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON- COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL DIXIE-QUITMAN-CLAY- RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN- EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE- DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER... DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON... SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...KINSEY...COWARTS...WEBB... COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...INWOOD...HUDSON... BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS...MARIANNA... GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...PANAMA CITY...CALLAWAY... LYNN HAVEN...UPPER GRAND LAGOON...BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY... PORT ST. JOE...WEWAHITCHKA...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...QUINCY... CHATTAHOOCHEE...TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO... MADISON...GREENVILLE...SWEETWATER...SOPCHOPPY...ST. MARKS... PERRY...MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY...GEORGETOWN...FORT GAINES... CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON...MORGAN...EDISON...LEARY... DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER...ASHBURN... TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA...DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY... COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM...MOULTRIE...ADEL...SPARKS... NASHVILLE...DONALSONVILLE...BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE... QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND 354 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016 /254 AM CST WED FEB 24 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNSET. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING MORE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THEY CAN ALSO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREE LIMBS. && $$ FOURNIER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 11:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Clay, Early, Miller, Randolph | 51 min |
| Feb 24, 12:10 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Early, Randolph | 25 min |
| Feb 24, 12:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Miller and 2 more | 56 min |
| Feb 24, 12:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Clay, Decatur, Early, Miller, Randolph and 1 more | 67 min |
| Feb 24, 12:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 88 min |
| Feb 24, 12:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, Worth | 25 min |
| Feb 24, 12:52 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, Worth | 38 min |
| Feb 24, 1:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Dougherty, Early, Lee and 4 more | 65 min |
| Feb 24, 1:12 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Early, Miller, Seminole | 48 min |
| Feb 24, 1:25 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty | 35 min |
| Feb 24, 1:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Colquitt, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller and 2 more | 49 min |
| Feb 24, 1:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Early, Miller, Mitchell | 31 min |
| Feb 24, 1:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Turner | 27 min |
| Feb 24, 1:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady, Seminole | 86 min |
| Feb 24, 2:03 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Lee, Worth | 27 min |
| Feb 24, 2:09 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth | 20 min |
| Feb 24, 2:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Calhoun, Colquitt, Dougherty, Early and 6 more | 63 min |
| Feb 24, 2:21 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Colquitt, Decatur, Grady, Miller, Mitchell and 1 more | 54 min |
| Feb 24, 2:42 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Dougherty, Lee, Turner, Worth | 29 min |
| Feb 24, 2:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Grady | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 2:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 3:12 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Turner | 19 min |
| Feb 24, 3:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lowndes, Thomas | 53 min |
| Feb 24, 4:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Irwin, Tift | 27 min |
| Feb 24, 4:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes | 48 min |
| Feb 23, 9:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 43 min |
| Feb 23, 10:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 51 min |
| Feb 23, 10:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston | 40 min |
| Feb 23, 11:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 46 min |
| Feb 23, 11:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 65 min |
| Feb 23, 11:37 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Geneva | 113 min |
| Feb 23, 11:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 12:41 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Houston | 2 hr |
| Feb 23, 9:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 27 min |
| Feb 23, 11:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 60 min |
| Feb 23, 11:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 83 min |
| Feb 24, 12:20 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 25 min | |
| Feb 24, 12:22 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 38 min |
| Feb 24, 12:43 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Feb 24, 1:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Jackson, Liberty | 17 min |
| Feb 24, 1:26 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Feb 24, 2:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Liberty, Wakulla | 62 min |
| Feb 24, 2:33 AM EST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 5 days |
| Feb 24, 3:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 55 min |
| Feb 24, 3:30 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Feb 24, 3:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla | 80 min |
| Feb 24, 4:02 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | TAE | Bay, Gulf, Walton | 33 hr |
| Feb 24, 5:21 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 24 min | |
| Feb 24, 6:41 AM EST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Walton | 25 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:04 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 54 hr | |
| Feb 24, 1:35 PM EST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty | 20 days |
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.