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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2018, 1:14 PM CDT for Bay County, Calhoun County, Florida. It was in force for 46 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
- Aug 4, 2018, 1:14 PM CDT (18:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2018, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 710 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 961 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Aug 4, 12:26 PM CDT, 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 12:26 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 1:14 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 214 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2018 FLZ012>014-026-112-114-041900- Coastal Bay FL-Liberty FL-Inland Bay FL-Calhoun FL-Inland Gulf FL- Coastal Gulf FL- 214 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN GULF...SOUTHEASTERN BAY...SOUTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTIES IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN LIBERTY COUNTIES IN BIG BEND OF FLORIDA UNTIL 300 PM EDT/200 PM CDT/... At 213 PM EDT/113 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Wewahitchka to near Mexico Beach. Movement was northwest at 15 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with these storms. Locations impacted include... Panama City, Lynn Haven, Callaway, Springfield, Mexico Beach, Hiland Park, Stonemill Creek, Tyndall Air Force Base, Parker, Wewahitchka, Honeyville, Clarksville, Abe Springs, Allanton, Cedar Grove, Chipola Cutoff, Dirego Park, College Station, Bayou George and Red Hill. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. 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 3021 8574 3050 8514 3006 8501 2987 8541 TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 152DEG 12KT 3010 8513 2997 8538 33-LF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 9:49 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Walton | 18 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Seminole | 33 min |
| Aug 4, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Seminole | 34 min |
| Aug 4, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Miller | 52 min |
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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.