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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 20, 2018, 12:18 PM CDT for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 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 20, 2018, 12:18 PM CDT (17:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Coffee County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 527 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 916 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 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 20, 11:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 11:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 20, 12:18 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1218 PM CDT MON AUG 20 2018
ALZ065-066-068-069-201800-
Dale AL-Coffee AL-Houston AL-Geneva AL-
1218 PM CDT MON AUG 20 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN DALE...COFFEE...
NORTHWESTERN GENEVA AND NORTHWESTERN HOUSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM
CDT...
At 1217 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Opp, moving northeast at 25 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Daleville, Elba, Enterprise, Fort Rucker, Ozark, Level Plains,
Samson, Newton, New Brockton, Clayhatchee, Kinston, Coffee Springs,
Mixons Crossroads, Carl Folsom A/p, Hooper Stage Field, Gerald,
Central City, Camp Humming Hills, Clintonville and Roeton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
This storm 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.
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LAT...LON 3162 8582 3125 8557 3108 8615 3114 8619
3133 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 1717Z 240DEG 24KT 3124 8615
33-LFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 40 min |
| Aug 20, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 29 min |
| Aug 20, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon | 13 min |
| Aug 20, 3:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Terrell | 49 min |
| Aug 20, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lanier | 50 min |
| Aug 20, 1:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 44 min |
| Aug 20, 3:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Houston | 47 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.