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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 26, 2021Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Jan 26, 2021, 4:18 PM EST for Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 57 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: Jan 26, 2021, 4:18 PM EST (21:18 UTC)
Expired: Jan 26, 2021, 5:15 PM EST
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 100 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 479 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 471 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 253 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 1.9

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 weather statement went out at Jan 26, 12:43 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 12:43 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 26, 10:46 AM EST, 5 hours 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 26, 12:37 PM EST, 3 hours 41 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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Special weather statement, Jan 26, 4:18 PM EST, 0 minutes before

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

FLZ014-015-026-027-114-115-127-262215-
Inland Franklin FL-Liberty FL-Coastal Wakulla FL-Inland Gulf FL-
Coastal Franklin FL-Inland Wakulla FL-Coastal Gulf FL-
418 PM EST Tue Jan 26 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN GULF...WESTERN
WAKULLA...SOUTHERN LIBERTY AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM EST/415
PM CST/...

At 418 PM EST/318 PM CST/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from 21 miles southeast of
Blountstown to 12 miles south of Port St. Joe. Movement was east at
35 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Carrabelle, Eastpoint, Apalachicola, Crawfordville, St George Island,
Port St. Joe, Franklin, Sopchoppy, Jewel Fire Tower, Royal Bluff,
Wakulla Springs, St George Island St Pk, Cape San Blas, Beverly,
Poplar Camp, Medart, Bethel, Simmons Bayou, Curtis Mill and Fort
Gadsden.

LAT...LON 2958 8518 2960 8524 2959 8538 2973 8548
      2977 8548 3024 8480 3030 8426 2974 8454
      2957 8488
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 251DEG 28KT 3021 8480 2964 8535

TJ

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, 3:53 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.