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Special Marine Warning 15, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 26, 2021

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special marine warning at Jan 26, 2021, 3:53 PM EST. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 26, 2021, 3:53 PM EST (20:53 UTC)
Expired: Jan 26, 2021, 6:00 PM EST
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 34.0 mph

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine warning 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 marine warning went out at Jan 26, 12:43 PM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 12:43 PM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 26, 10:46 AM EST, 5 hours 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 26, 12:37 PM EST, 3 hours 16 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1237 PM EST Tue Jan 26 2021

FLZ016-GAZ156-157-261815-
Gadsden FL-Decatur GA-Grady GA-
1237 PM EST Tue Jan 26 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN GADSDEN...SOUTHERN
DECATUR AND SOUTHWESTERN GRADY COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM EST...

At 1237 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles east of Chattahoochee, or 13 miles northwest of Quincy, moving
east at 40 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Havana, Bainbridge, Whigham, Gretna, Attapulgus, Climax, Darsey,
Mount Pleasant, Concord, Rosedale, Jamieson, Recovery, Faceville,
Laingkat, Calvary, Hardaway, Reno, Fowlstown, Amsterdam and
Branchville.

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 3068 8427 3068 8430 3064 8430 3063 8431
      3061 8481 3078 8482 3098 8428
TIME...MOT...LOC 1737Z 247DEG 33KT 3072 8472

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 26, 4:30 AM EST	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton	69 hr
Jan 26, 7:46 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		59 min
Jan 26, 8:47 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		58 min
Jan 26, 8:59 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Walton	3 hr
Jan 26, 9:48 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Washington	57 min
Jan 26, 10:46 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jackson, Washington	59 min
Jan 26, 12:55 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		3 hr
Jan 26, 4:18 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Franklin, Gulf	57 min
Jan 26, 5:13 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gulf, Wakulla	47 min
Jan 26, 5:54 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		96 min
Jan 26, 6:01 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Franklin, Gulf, Wakulla	44 min
Jan 26, 6:48 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gulf, Wakulla	57 min
Jan 26, 12:37 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Decatur	38 min
Jan 26, 7:24 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Houston	51 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.