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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 27, 20214 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Jan 27, 2021, 11:11 AM EST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 49 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 27, 2021, 11:11 AM EST (16:11 UTC)
Expired: Jan 27, 2021, 12:00 PM EST
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Wakulla County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:14 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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 92 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: 128 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 548 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 308 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.6

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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 27, 10:08 AM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 10:08 AM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 27, 8:46 AM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
746 AM CST Wed Jan 27 2021

FLZ010-012-013-271430-
Inland Bay FL-Calhoun FL-Washington FL-
746 AM CST Wed Jan 27 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN BAY...NORTHWESTERN
CALHOUN AND SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN THE PANHANDLE OF
FLORIDA UNTIL 830 AM CST...

At 745 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13
miles southeast of Vernon, moving east at 50 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Altha, Betts, Moose Pond, Clarksville, Red Oak, Abe Springs,
Fountain, Singer Road, Chason, Saunders, Chipola, Henderson Mill,
Camps Head, Gainer Spring, Center Lake, Willis, Bennett, Frink,
Porter Lake and Blountstown Airport.

LAT...LON 3057 8564 3057 8518 3058 8517 3058 8503
      3036 8511 3039 8559
TIME...MOT...LOC 1345Z 256DEG 43KT 3050 8553

tj

Special weather statement, Jan 27, 9:16 AM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
916 AM EST Wed Jan 27 2021

FLZ007>010-012-112-114-271500-
Coastal Bay FL-Central Walton FL-Holmes FL-Inland Bay FL-
North Walton FL-Washington FL-Coastal Gulf FL-
916 AM EST Wed Jan 27 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BAY...SOUTHEASTERN WALTON...
SOUTHWESTERN HOLMES AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM
EST/900 AM CST/...

At 916 AM EST/816 AM CST/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from near De Funiak Springs to 7
miles southwest of Panama City. Movement was east at 65 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Panama City, Lynn Haven, Panama City Beach, Callaway, Vernon, De
Funiak Springs, Springfield, Hiland Park, Tyndall Air Force Base,
Eglin Air Force Base, Live Oak, Parker, Ponce De Leon, Ebro,
Whitehead Crossroads, Allanton, Dirego Park, College Station, West
Panama City and Bahama Beach.

LAT...LON 3072 8626 3072 8565 3004 8539 3002 8539
      3001 8538 2994 8535 3015 8581
TIME...MOT...LOC 1416Z 284DEG 56KT 3068 8614 3008 8573

tj

Special weather statement, Jan 27, 9:27 AM EST, 1 hour 44 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
927 AM EST Wed Jan 27 2021

FLZ010>013-016-026-112-271530-
Coastal Bay FL-Liberty FL-Gadsden FL-Inland Bay FL-Calhoun FL-
Jackson FL-Washington FL-
927 AM EST Wed Jan 27 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...
NORTHEASTERN BAY AND CALHOUN COUNTIES IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
NORTHWESTERN GADSDEN...NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY COUNTIES IN BIG BEND OF
FLORIDA AND SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN THE PANHANDLE OF
FLORIDA UNTIL 1030 AM EST/930 AM CST/...

At 927 AM EST/827 AM CST/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm 10 miles northwest of Blountstown, moving east at 45
mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Blountstown, Chattahoochee, Sneads, Bristol, Grand Ridge, Altha, Rock
Bluff, Moose Pond, Clarksville, Ocheesee, Selman, Abe Springs,
Chipola, Camps Head, Scotts Ferry, Kennys Mill, Hugh Creek, Red Oak,
Chason and Saunders.

LAT...LON 3049 8555 3072 8512 3070 8466 3020 8512
      3023 8548
TIME...MOT...LOC 1427Z 275DEG 38KT 3056 8516

tj

Local storm report, Jan 27, 10:06 AM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 27, 10:54 AM EST, 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 27, 11:11 AM EST, 0 minutes before

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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, 7:27 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Franklin, Gulf	3 hr
Jan 26, 7:33 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		87 min
Jan 26, 9:34 PM EST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	TAE		15 hr
Jan 27, 1:50 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	TAE		38 hr
Jan 27, 8:05 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jackson	25 min
Jan 27, 8:26 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jackson	34 min
Jan 27, 8:38 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Jackson	37 min
Jan 27, 8:46 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun	44 min
Jan 27, 9:16 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay, Washington	44 min
Jan 27, 9:27 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun	63 min
Jan 27, 9:32 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty	43 min
Jan 27, 10:10 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		3 hr
Jan 27, 10:18 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Gadsden	42 min
Jan 27, 10:54 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden, Leon	66 min
Jan 27, 10:59 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Gadsden, Leon, Liberty	46 min
Jan 27, 11:20 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Gadsden, Leon	25 min
Jan 27, 11:34 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon	26 min
Jan 27, 11:50 AM EST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TAE	Jefferson, Leon	40 min
Jan 27, 12:14 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Franklin, Liberty	46 min
Jan 27, 12:21 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Madison, Taylor	39 min
Jan 27, 12:41 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		3 hr
Jan 27, 12:55 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Madison	50 min
Jan 27, 2:23 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dixie, Lafayette	82 min
Jan 27, 9:07 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Seminole	38 min
Jan 27, 10:27 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Grady, Thomas	48 min
Jan 27, 12:19 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lanier	41 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.