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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 23, 2021Bay County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 23, 2021, 10:14 AM CDT for Bay County, Florida. It was in force for 61 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: Jun 23, 2021, 10:14 AM CDT (15:14 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2021, 11:15 AM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Bay County, FL

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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 Jun 23, 9:37 AM CDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 9:37 AM CDT, 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 9:44 AM CDT, 30 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1044 AM EDT Wed Jun 23 2021

FLZ012>014-026-112-231530-
Coastal Bay FL-Liberty FL-Inland Bay FL-Calhoun FL-Inland Gulf FL-
1044 AM EDT Wed Jun 23 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN GULF...EAST CENTRAL
BAY...SOUTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTIES IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA AND
WEST CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTIES IN BIG BEND OF FLORIDA UNTIL 1130 AM
EDT/1030 AM CDT/...

At 1043 AM EDT/943 AM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm 10 miles east of Callaway, moving east at 15 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Stonemill Creek, Wewahitchka, Scotts Ferry, Abe Springs, Kinard,
Chipola Cutoff, Broad Branch and Chipola Park.

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 3009 8546 3026 8551 3039 8514 3013 8506
TIME...MOT...LOC 1443Z 255DEG 14KT 3020 8541

AH

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 10:14 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1114 AM EDT Wed Jun 23 2021

FLZ012-112-231615-
Coastal Bay FL-Inland Bay FL-
1114 AM EDT Wed Jun 23 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN BAY COUNTY UNTIL
1115 AM CDT...

At 1013 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles south of Panama City, moving east at 15 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Callaway, Springfield, Mexico Beach, Tyndall Air Force Base, Parker,
St Andrews State Park, Allanton, Cedar Grove, Beacon Beach, Bay
Harbor, Davis Beach, Millville and Wetappo.

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 3026 8539 2995 8539 2996 8561 3006 8578
      3013 8580
TIME...MOT...LOC 1513Z 260DEG 12KT 3006 8570

38-GODSEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 9:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun	46 min
Jun 23, 10:12 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		63 min
Jun 23, 11:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gulf	58 min
Jun 23, 12:55 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Jun 23, 4:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lafayette	28 min
Jun 23, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Miller	29 min
Jun 23, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Houston	34 min
Jun 23, 6:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Geneva	52 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.