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Special Marine Warning 404, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 3, 2021

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special marine warning at Oct 3, 2021, 11:12 AM EDT. It was in force for 63 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 3, 2021, 11:12 AM EDT (15:12 UTC)
Expired: Oct 3, 2021, 12:15 PM EDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.0 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 Oct 3, 9:50 AM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 3, 9:50 AM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 3, 10:50 AM EDT, 22 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1050 AM EDT Sun Oct 3 2021

FLZ015-026-027-115-127-031530-
Inland Franklin FL-Liberty FL-Coastal Wakulla FL-Coastal Franklin FL-
Inland Wakulla FL-
1050 AM EDT Sun Oct 3 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern
Wakulla, southeastern Liberty and northeastern Franklin Counties
through 1130 AM EDT...

At 1048 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles north of Carrabelle, moving west at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Carrabelle, Morgan Place, Mcintyre, Yent Place, Lanark Village,
Sanborn, Curtis Mill and Carrabelle Beach.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 2980 8475 3012 8481 3009 8453 3005 8452
      3001 8455 3000 8454 3001 8453 3000 8452
      2998 8452 2992 8451
TIME...MOT...LOC 1448Z 088DEG 5KT 2998 8466

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

01-GONZALEZ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 3, 7:38 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		67 min
Oct 3, 8:29 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		91 min
Oct 3, 10:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Wakulla	40 min
Oct 3, 11:25 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Franklin, Liberty, Wakulla	110 min
Oct 3, 12:14 PM EDT	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Gulf	36 hr
Oct 3, 12:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Franklin	43 min
Oct 3, 12:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Franklin, Liberty, Wakulla	3 hr
Oct 3, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Grady	52 min
Oct 3, 3:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Decatur, Grady, Mitchell	115 min
Oct 3, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Miller	49 min
Oct 3, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell	51 min
Oct 3, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell	48 min

Nearby

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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.