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Small Craft Advisory 14, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 4, 2017

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this small craft advisory at Apr 4, 2017, 9:04 PM EDT. It took effect at Apr 5, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 54 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 4, 2017, 9:04 PM EDT (01:04 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 5, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 7, 2017, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 54 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Apr 4, 8:27 PM EDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 8:27 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 4, 6:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
647 PM EDT TUE APR 4 2017

FLZ014-015-114-115-042330-
Inland Franklin FL-Inland Gulf FL-Coastal Franklin FL-
Coastal Gulf FL-
647 PM EDT TUE APR 4 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN GULF AND WEST CENTRAL
FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT/630 PM CDT/...

At 646 PM EDT/546 PM CDT/, National Weather Service doppler radar
indicated a a strong thunderstorm 11 miles southwest of Port St. Joe,
moving northeast at 35 mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Port St. Joe, Apalachicola, Nine Mile, Highland View, Eleven Mile, St
Joseph State Park, Thirteen Mile, Odena, Cape San Blas, Indian Pass,
Tilton, Jones Homestead, Ward Ridge, Milltown, Bay City, Howard
Creek, Apalachicola Airport, Simmons Bayou, Beacon Hill and Dalkeith.

LAT...LON 2973 8548 2988 8549 3005 8514 2987 8504
      2985 8503 2983 8503 2983 8501 2972 8495
      2960 8529 2959 8537
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 238DEG 30KT 2968 8542

04-MCDERMOTT

Local storm report, Apr 4, 8:24 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
824 PM EDT TUE APR 04 2017

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

0742 PM     HAIL             4 SSE STONEMILL CREEK   30.08N 85.16W
04/04/2017  E1.25 INCH       GULF               FL   TRAINED SPOTTER

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GODSEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 4, 9:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gulf	47 min
Apr 4, 10:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		62 min
Apr 4, 11:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		60 min
Apr 4, 11:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington	33 min
Apr 5, 1:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton	27 min
Apr 5, 1:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes	31 min
Apr 5, 2:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes	42 min
Apr 5, 3:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Jackson	44 min
Apr 5, 4:29 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton	49 hr
Apr 5, 2:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay	48 min
Apr 5, 3:02 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Quitman, Randolph	17 min
Apr 5, 3:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Quitman, Randolph	15 min
Apr 5, 5:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Dougherty, Mitchell	21 min
Apr 5, 5:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Quitman, Randolph	35 min
Apr 5, 11:36 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Quitman, Randolph	39 min
Apr 5, 12:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Quitman, Randolph	26 min
Apr 5, 12:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TAE	Randolph, Terrell	16 min
Apr 5, 12:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lee, Terrell	31 min
Apr 5, 2:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Lee, Turner, Worth	23 min
Apr 5, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Turner, Worth	29 min
Apr 5, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Turner	34 min
Apr 5, 1:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	41 min
Apr 5, 2:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dale	25 min
Apr 5, 4:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee	17 min
Apr 5, 10:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale	31 min
Apr 5, 10:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale	25 min
Apr 5, 11:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Henry	9 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.