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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 1, 2017Geneva County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Jan 1, 2017, 11:09 AM CST for Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 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: Jan 1, 2017, 11:09 AM CST (17:09 UTC)
Expired: Jan 1, 2017, 12:00 PM CST
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Geneva County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jan 1, 8:41 AM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 8:41 AM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 1, 11:09 AM CST, 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
Jan 1, 4:57 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	63 min
Jan 1, 5:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton	46 min
Jan 1, 8:12 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Holmes, Walton	2 hr
Jan 1, 9:09 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Walton	3 days
Jan 1, 9:40 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Holmes, Washington	10 days
Jan 1, 9:40 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Walton, Washington	13 days
Jan 1, 10:14 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Holmes, Walton	2 hr
Jan 1, 10:32 AM CST	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Walton	12 hr
Jan 1, 5:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Early	38 min
Jan 1, 9:40 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Dale	3 days
Jan 1, 10:07 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Geneva	113 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2017 Every special weather statement in 2017

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.