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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 208, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 10, 2021Dixie County, Lafayette County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2021, 6:46 PM EDT for Dixie County, Lafayette County, Florida. It was in force for 59 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 10, 2021, 6:46 PM EDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2021, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dixie County, FL, Lafayette County, FL

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 10, 6:48 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGMayo, FLTREES DOWN IN MAYO.
Aug 10, 6:48 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 51Mayo, FLGUST TO 51 MPH AT LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2209 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2209 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
854 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

437 
WUUS52 KTAE 102246
SVRTAE
FLC029-067-102345-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0208.210810T2246Z-210810T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
646 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Lafayette County in Big Bend of Florida...
  Northeastern Dixie County in Big Bend of Florida...

* Until 745 PM EDT.

* At 645 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Mayo, moving
  south at 5 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Mayo, Cooks Hammock, Grady, Hatch Bend, Fletcher, San Pedro
  Junction, Alton, Fletcher Springs and Guaranto Springs.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in Tallahassee.

&&

LAT...LON 2983 8289 2981 8293 2980 8292 2977 8295
      2974 8294 2973 8295 2978 8332 3010 8326
      3011 8322 3010 8318 3011 8316 3008 8307
      3001 8300 2999 8296 2996 8295 2996 8293
      2989 8292 2990 8290 2988 8289 2988 8288
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 350DEG 5KT 3005 8315 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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1 follow-up statement
839 
WWUS52 KTAE 102316
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
716 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021

FLC029-067-102325-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0208.000000T0000Z-210810T2345Z/
Lafayette FL-Dixie FL-
716 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LAFAYETTE AND NORTHEASTERN
DIXIE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 2983 8289 2981 8293 2980 8292 2977 8295
      2974 8294 2973 8295 2978 8332 3010 8326
      3011 8322 3010 8318 3011 8316 3008 8307
      3001 8300 2999 8296 2996 8295 2996 8293
      2989 8292 2990 8290 2988 8289 2988 8288
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 350DEG 5KT 3001 8314 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 8:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELafayette42 min
Aug 9, 9:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison30 min
Aug 9, 9:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEMadison2 hr
Aug 10, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon28 min
Aug 10, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun, Gulf43 min
Aug 10, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWashington24 min
Aug 10, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay28 min
Aug 10, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Washington64 min
Aug 10, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson28 min
Aug 10, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton25 min
Aug 10, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWashington26 min
Aug 10, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELafayette50 min
Aug 10, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes43 min
Aug 10, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison66 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.