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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 9, 2021Leon County, Liberty County, Wakulla County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Feb 9, 2021, 10:43 AM EST for Leon County, Liberty County, Wakulla County, Florida. It was in force for 62 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: Feb 9, 2021, 10:43 AM EST (15:43 UTC)
Expired: Feb 9, 2021, 11:45 AM EST
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Wakulla County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:44 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 25 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: 59 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -183 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -1.1

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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 Feb 9, 10:07 AM EST, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 10:07 AM EST, 36 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 9, 9:10 AM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
910 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0848 AM     HAIL             2 WNW PHILLIPSBURG      31.44N 83.55W
02/09/2021  E0.70 INCH       TIFT               GA   AMATEUR RADIO

            AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED DIME SIZED
            HAIL NEAR US82 AND CARPENTER ROAD.

&&

JLF

Special weather statement, Feb 9, 9:17 AM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
917 AM EST Tue Feb 9 2021

FLZ012>014-026-112-091500-
Coastal Bay FL-Liberty FL-Inland Bay FL-Calhoun FL-Inland Gulf FL-
917 AM EST Tue Feb 9 2021

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

At 917 AM EST/817 AM CST/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm over Panama City, moving east at 40 mph.

Pea size hail and winds up to 40 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Panama City, Lynn Haven, Panama City Beach, Callaway, Springfield,
Hiland Park, Stonemill Creek, Tyndall Air Force Base, Parker,
Wewahitchka, Honeyville, Clarksville, Abe Springs, Chipola Cutoff,
Dirego Park, College Station, West Panama City, Bahama Beach, Scotts
Ferry and Bennett.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3029 8585 3052 8514 3024 8509 3000 8512
      3007 8581 3011 8587
TIME...MOT...LOC 1417Z 264DEG 35KT 3020 8569

21-WD

Local storm report, Feb 9, 9:50 AM EST, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
950 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0854 AM     HAIL             ENIGMA                  31.41N 83.33W
02/09/2021  E0.25 INCH       BERRIEN            GA   PUBLIC

            REPORT ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF PEA SIZED HAIL IN
            ENIGMA.

&&

JLF

Special weather statement, Feb 9, 10:01 AM EST, 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 9, 10:25 AM EST, 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 9, 10:43 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
Feb 9, 6:46 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes, Walton	44 min
Feb 9, 7:31 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington	44 min
Feb 9, 7:43 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Feb 9, 8:28 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jackson	47 min
Feb 9, 9:17 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay, Calhoun	43 min
Feb 9, 9:41 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Feb 9, 10:01 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Liberty	44 min
Feb 9, 10:25 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden	50 min
Feb 9, 3:21 PM EST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	TAE		3 days
Feb 9, 6:21 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	17 hr
Feb 9, 8:12 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Decatur, Miller, Seminole	48 min
Feb 9, 8:35 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Berrien, Irwin, Tift	40 min
Feb 9, 9:10 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Decatur, Grady	50 min
Feb 9, 2:16 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Geneva	29 min
Feb 9, 5:14 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Houston	31 min

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Sources

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