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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 1, 2019Jackson County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2019, 10:21 PM CDT for Jackson County, Florida. It was in force for 39 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 1, 2019, 10:21 PM CDT (03:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2019, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Jackson County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:21 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 111 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2019-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 387 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2019-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
387 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1204 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

619 
WWUS82 KTAE 020321
SPSTAE

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1021 PM CDT Thu Aug 1 2019
 
FLZ010>013-020400-
Inland Bay FL-Calhoun FL-Jackson FL-Washington FL-
1021 PM CDT Thu Aug 1 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON...
NORTHEASTERN BAY...NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN AND EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON
COUNTIES IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...

At 1021 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14
miles south of Chipley. This storm was nearly stationary.

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

Locations impacted include...
Marianna, Bradford, Cottondale, Alford, Betts, Orange Hill,
Kynesville, Ridgetop, Fountain, Steele City, Gilberts Mill, Center
Lake, Round Lake, Porter Lake, Cottondale Airport, Chipola Terrace,
Sunny Hills, Compass Lake and Jacob City.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3088 8544 3082 8513 3044 8536 3052 8563
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 027DEG 2KT 3059 8545 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 3:56 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE34 min
Aug 2, 5:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay26 min
Aug 2, 5:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton36 min
Aug 1, 8:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEClay, Quitman44 min
Aug 1, 8:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEClay, Quitman, Randolph2 hr
Aug 1, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEClay, Quitman, Randolph61 min
Aug 1, 9:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEClay, Early118 min
Aug 1, 9:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEClay, Early, Quitman, Randolph113 min
Aug 1, 11:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEEarly2 hr
Aug 1, 7:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECoffee28 min
Aug 1, 8:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHouston57 min
Aug 1, 10:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHouston45 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.