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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 31, 2018Liberty County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 31, 2018, 3:25 PM EDT for Liberty County, Florida. It was in force for 35 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: Jul 31, 2018, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 2018, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Liberty County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 43 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.

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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: 1355 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 843 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 Jul 31, 3:12 PM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 3:12 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 31, 1:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1214 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 2018

ALZ069-FLZ011-311745-
Houston AL-Jackson FL-
1214 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON AND
NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT...

At 1214 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles northwest of Marianna, moving northeast at 25 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Cottonwood, Marianna, Ashford, Malone, Greenwood, Campbellton,
Bascom, Jacob City, Pansey, Crosby, Grangeburg, Lovetown, Sealy
Springs, Chattahoochee SP, Jacobs, Lucy, Chipola Terrace, Ellaville,
Marianna Municipal A/P and Sills.

LAT...LON 3102 8500 3097 8500 3096 8498 3096 8500
      3074 8526 3093 8547 3119 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 1714Z 225DEG 23KT 3088 8530

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Special weather statement, Jul 31, 1:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
143 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2018

ALZ069-FLZ011-GAZ142-155-311815-
Houston AL-Jackson FL-Seminole GA-Early GA-
143 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN HOUSTON...EASTERN
JACKSON...SOUTHWESTERN EARLY AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM
EDT/115 PM CDT/...

At 143 PM EDT/1243 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from near Cottonwood to 11 miles
west of Chattahoochee. Movement was north at 20 mph.

Winds near 40 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Cottonwood, Donalsonville, Ashford, Cowarts, Webb, Malone, Sneads,
Grand Ridge, Greenwood, Avon, Gordon, Iron City, Jakin, Bascom,
Memphis, Crosby, Grangeburg, Wilson Mill, Lovedale and Barber.

LAT...LON 3114 8492 3107 8492 3107 8481 3104 8475
      3097 8475 3063 8500 3112 8541 3131 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 201DEG 17KT 3110 8528 3076 8504

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Special weather statement, Jul 31, 2:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
211 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2018

ALZ067-069-FLZ011-GAZ121-142-143-155-311900-
Henry AL-Houston AL-Jackson FL-Miller GA-Seminole GA-Clay GA-
Early GA-
211 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN HENRY...EASTERN
HOUSTON...NORTHEASTERN JACKSON...MILLER...SOUTHWESTERN CLAY...EARLY
AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EDT/200 PM CDT/...

At 211 PM EDT/111 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from near Kinsey to near
Donalsonville. Movement was northeast at 20 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Abbeville, Colquitt, Fort Gaines, Headland, Donalsonville, Blakely,
Ashford, Webb, Columbia, Kinsey, Centerville, Gordon, Iron City,
Damascus, Jakin, Haleburg, Shorterville, Crosby, Hayes and Rock Hill.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3121 8458 3107 8471 3107 8473 3105 8473
      3104 8475 3102 8475 3084 8491 3092 8498
      3093 8497 3093 8498 3096 8498 3097 8500
      3100 8500 3100 8506 3133 8536 3173 8516
TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 204DEG 18KT 3132 8529 3099 8494

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Special weather statement, Jul 31, 2:27 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
227 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2018

ALZ067-GAZ121-311900-
Henry AL-Clay GA-
227 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN HENRY AND NORTHWESTERN
CLAY COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EDT/200 PM CDT/...

At 226 PM EDT/126 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm near Abbeville, moving northeast at 25 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Abbeville, Fort Gaines, Days Crossroads, Walter F. George Lock And
Dam, Walter F George Lake, Edwin, Standleys Store, Otho, Scottsboro
Crossroads, Double Bridges, Ricks Place, Murphy Station, Graball,
Screamer, Coates, Bagby State Park, Thomas Mill Creek, Lawrenceville,
Abbeville Municipal A/P and Fort Gaines-Clay Airport.

LAT...LON 3178 8509 3166 8497 3151 8529 3164 8542
      3171 8542 3170 8522 3171 8521 3174 8520
      3176 8517 3177 8516 3176 8513 3177 8512
      3178 8514
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 234DEG 23KT 3163 8528

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Special weather statement, Jul 31, 2:36 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
236 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2018

GAZ120>122-311915-
Quitman GA-Randolph GA-Clay GA-
236 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CLAY...WESTERN RANDOLPH AND
QUITMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT...

At 236 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Osco, or near Eufaula, moving northeast at 25 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Fort Gaines, Georgetown, Bellville, Wire Bridge, Walter F George
Lake, Bonapartes Retreat, Standleys Store, Watson Crossroads,
Crossroads, Ricks Place, Pecan, Randolph Co A/p, Hatcher, Morris,
Jones Crossing, Bethel, Suttons Corner, Springvale, Cotton Hill and
Fort Gaines-Clay Airport.

LAT...LON 3198 8504 3198 8501 3197 8495 3197 8496
      3194 8495 3193 8492 3192 8491 3192 8487
      3162 8478 3162 8482 3159 8483 3157 8506
      3162 8506 3170 8513 3174 8512 3178 8514
      3189 8513 3190 8511 3194 8508 3199 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 234DEG 23KT 3182 8522

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Special weather statement, Jul 31, 3:25 PM EDT, 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
Jul 30, 9:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Leon	113 min
Jul 30, 11:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Taylor	2 hr
Jul 31, 5:07 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		53 min
Jul 31, 11:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	35 min
Jul 31, 1:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jackson	31 min
Jul 31, 1:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Dixie	118 min
Jul 31, 2:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 5 more	48 hr
Jul 31, 3:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Liberty	118 min
Jul 31, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Liberty	36 min
Jul 31, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden	33 min
Jul 31, 5:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Liberty	3 hr
Jul 31, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jackson	39 min
Jul 31, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jackson	38 min
Jul 31, 11:02 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Dougherty	58 min
Jul 31, 12:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Miller	119 min
Jul 31, 12:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty	118 min
Jul 31, 1:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Seminole	32 min
Jul 31, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Early, Miller, Seminole	49 min
Jul 31, 2:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay, Quitman	39 min
Jul 31, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Henry	33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.