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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 3, 20185 counties in Georgia; Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 3, 2018, 9:34 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia; Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 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: Jun 3, 2018, 9:34 PM EDT (01:34 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2018, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Houston County, AL, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Early County, GA, Miller County, GA, Randolph County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 130 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3021 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1088 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jun 3, 7:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 7:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
756 PM EDT Sun Jun 3 2018

.AVIATION [Through 00Z Tuesday]...

A final line of storms tonight may impact DHN and ABY over the
next few hours. Otherwise, VFR should prevail through the night
with fair conditions tomorrow.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION [239 PM EDT]...

.NEAR TERM [Through Tonight]...

A cold front will push through most of the Tri-state area from
northwest to southeast overnight. Showers and thunderstorms will
continue to develop for the remainder of this afternoon. Some of
the CAM guidance shows another area of convection developing along
and just ahead of the cold front moving into our CWA this
evening. A few of the storm may be strong to briefly severe. Lows
will range from the upper 60s northwest to mid 70s southeast.

.SHORT TERM [Monday Through Tuesday Night]...

Cold front will be draped along the coast early morning and
continue to push through the coastal waters during the day and out
of our area Monday night. The front appears to stall across the FL
peninsula Tuesday. Rain chances decrease through the short term as
drier air works in from the northwest. It will not be quite as
muggy with dewpoints dropping into the lower 60s. Daytime highs
will run in the upper 80s to lower 90s and lows in the mid to
upper 60s.

.LONG TERM [Wednesday Through Sunday]...

A shortwave trough will swing through the southern US Wednesday
then drift into the Gulf and create 'trophiness' on the east side
of the La Canicula ridge over the southwest into the weekend.
There will be a return to the summertime seabreeze convection each
afternoon and a slow increase in temperatures. Heat indices will
also push back towards the upper 90s by next weekend.

.MARINE...

Westerly winds will become northwesterly Monday behind a cold
front then turn westerly and southerly by the middle of the week.
Isolated showers and thunderstorms expected for Monday then again
towards the end of the work week.

.FIRE WEATHER...

Red Flag conditions are not expected over the next several
days.

.HYDROLOGY...

The Withlacoochee River at Valdosta is currently cresting just
above minor flood stage and is forecast to gradually fall through
action stage this week. Many other area rivers remain in action
stage, but are not expected to reach flood stage as a result of
rainfall this week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not requested. However, spotters are always
encouraged to safely report significant weather conditions when they
occur by calling the office or tweeting us @NWSTallahassee.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...

Tallahassee   75  92  65  92  68 /  30  10   0   0   0
Panama City   76  88  71  86  74 /  30  10   0   0   0
Dothan        70  88  65  89  68 /  40   0   0   0   0
Albany        71  89  65  89  67 /  30   0   0   0   0
Valdosta      73  91  64  90  67 /  30  10   0   0   0
Cross City    76  90  68  90  69 /  30  30   0   0   0
Apalachicola  76  89  70  87  73 /  30  20   0   0   0

&&

.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...High Rip Current Risk until 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ this evening
     for Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-South Walton.

GA...None.
AL...None.
GM...None.
&&

NEAR TERM...Barry
SHORT TERM...Scholl
LONG TERM...Scholl
AVIATION...Harrigan
MARINE...Scholl
FIRE WEATHER...Harrigan
HYDROLOGY...Scholl

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:34 PM EDT, 2 hours before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
634 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2018

ALZ065-066-040030-
Dale AL-Coffee AL-
634 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN DALE AND COFFEE COUNTIES
UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

At 634 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Glenwood, or near Goshen, moving southeast at 40 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Daleville, Elba, Enterprise, Fort Rucker, Ozark, Level Plains,
Newton, New Brockton, Ariton, Pinckard, Lee, Mixons Crossroads, Hunt
Field, Waterford, Curtis, Carl Folsom A/p, Hooper Stage Field,
Gerald, Camp Humming Hills and Clintonville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3153 8619 3153 8616 3154 8616 3154 8614
      3162 8615 3162 8576 3134 8551 3120 8607
      3138 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 326DEG 33KT 3166 8619

ADL

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 8:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
714 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2018

ALZ066-040100-
Dale AL-
714 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN DALE COUNTY UNTIL
800 PM CDT...

At 714 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Doster, or 7 miles southeast of Brundidge, moving southeast at 30
mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Ozark, Ariton, Bells Crossroads, Skipperville, Echo, Dill, Bagwells
Crossroads, Roberts Crossroads, Mabson, Arguta, Snells Crossroads,
Ewell, Barefield Crossroads, Beamon, Browns Crossroads, Dale County
Lake, Phillips Crossroads, Ward Bridge, Dykes Crossroads and Bertha.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3157 8542 3149 8542 3133 8553 3162 8576
      3162 8551
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 319DEG 24KT 3164 8573

ADL

Local storm report, Jun 3, 8:48 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
848 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2018

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

0737 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 E SAINT ANDREWS STATE 30.13N 85.72W
06/03/2018  M34 MPH          GMZ750             FL   MESONET

            MESONET STATION XSTA, 1 E SAINT ANDREWS
            STATE PARK MEASURED A GUST TO 34 MPH.

&&

DH

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 9:14 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
914 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2018

ALZ067-GAZ120-121-142-040200-
Henry AL-Quitman GA-Clay GA-Early GA-
914 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HENRY...CLAY...NORTHWESTERN EARLY
AND SOUTHWESTERN QUITMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT/900 PM CDT/...

At 914 PM EDT/814 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm over Abbeville, moving southeast at 30 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Abbeville, Fort Gaines, Newville, Haleburg, Shorterville, Walter F.
George Lock And Dam, Walter F George Lake, Bonapartes Retreat,
Tumbleton, Edwin, Standleys Store, Grandberry Crossroads, Hayes,
Watson Crossroads, Scottsboro Crossroads, Double Bridges, Ricks
Place, Pecan, Graball and Dancey.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3179 8496 3156 8495 3139 8498 3131 8521
      3147 8541 3171 8541 3170 8522 3174 8520
      3177 8516 3177 8512 3178 8514 3180 8513
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 311DEG 24KT 3155 8526

ADL

Local storm report, Jun 3, 9:15 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
915 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2018

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

0901 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 SE EDWIN              31.65N 85.35W
06/03/2018  M38 MPH          HENRY              AL   MESONET

            MESONET STATION D7933, 1 SE EDWIN MEASURED A
            GUST OF 38 MPH.

&&

DH

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 9:34 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
934 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2018

ALZ067-069-GAZ120>123-142-143-040215-
Henry AL-Houston AL-Quitman GA-Miller GA-Randolph GA-Calhoun GA-
Clay GA-Early GA-
934 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN HENRY AND EASTERN
HOUSTON COUNTIES IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...NORTHWESTERN MILLER...
CLAY...SOUTHERN RANDOLPH...CALHOUN...EARLY AND SOUTHEASTERN QUITMAN
COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA UNTIL 1015 PM EDT/915 PM CDT/...

At 934 PM EDT/834 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from near Cuthbert to 8 miles
northwest of Blakely to near Kinsey. Movement was southeast at 40
mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Colquitt, Cottonwood, Morgan, Blakely, Cuthbert, Headland, Dothan,
Kinsey, Ashford, Cowarts, Edison, Arlington, Webb, Columbia,
Douglasville, Centerville, Avon, Gordon, Damascus and Bellville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3179 8466 3161 8454 3143 8461 3143 8464
      3137 8464 3116 8472 3104 8536 3133 8542
      3143 8504 3181 8499
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 330DEG 36KT 3171 8480 3145 8505 3128 8537

ADL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 10:12 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Bay, Gulf, Walton	13 hr
Jun 3, 9:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay	46 min
Jun 3, 10:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Irwin	55 min
Jun 3, 10:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Turner	61 min
Jun 3, 11:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Tift	42 min
Jun 3, 11:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Berrien	47 min
Jun 3, 11:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Cook, Tift	49 min
Jun 4, 12:24 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lanier	36 min
Jun 3, 8:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dale	46 min
Jun 3, 8:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dale, Henry	42 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.