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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 24, 2020, 11:12 PM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 48 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 24, 2020, 11:12 PM CDT (04:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2020, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:15 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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 1041 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1101 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
265
WWUS82 KTAE 250412
SPSTAE
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1112 PM CDT Mon Aug 24 2020
FLZ007-250500-
North Walton FL-
1112 PM CDT Mon Aug 24 2020
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN WALTON COUNTY UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT...
At 1111 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11
miles west of De Funiak Springs, moving northwest at 10 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Eglin Air Force Base, Paxton, Gordon, Pond Creek, Fox Hill,
Flowersville, New Harmony and Mossy Head.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for the
Panhandle of Florida.
LAT...LON 3099 8639 3099 8631 3077 8624 3072 8634
3076 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 0411Z 156DEG 9KT 3078 8631
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 35 min |
| Aug 24, 7:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson | 50 min |
| Aug 24, 9:52 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 53 min | |
| Aug 24, 10:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 59 min |
| Aug 25, 3:45 AM CDT | High Surf Advisory | TAE | Bay, Walton | 39 hr |
| Aug 24, 7:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Houston | 50 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.