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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 27, 2021Holmes County, Walton County, Washington County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 27, 2021, 12:01 PM CDT for Holmes County, Walton County, Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 44 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 27, 2021, 12:01 PM CDT (17:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 2021, 12:45 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Holmes County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:00 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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 864 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 735 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jun 27, 11:20 AM CDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 11:20 AM CDT, 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 11:09 AM CDT, 52 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1209 PM EDT Sun Jun 27 2021

FLZ008-010-012-108-112-271700-
Coastal Bay FL-Central Walton FL-Inland Bay FL-South Walton FL-
Washington FL-
1209 PM EDT Sun Jun 27 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN BAY...SOUTHEASTERN
WALTON AND SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM EDT/NOON
CDT/...

At 1208 PM EDT/1108 AM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm near Lynn Haven, moving northwest at 10 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Panama City, Lynn Haven, Panama City Beach, Live Oak, Ebro, Bayhead,
West Bay, Inlet Beach, Southport, Seminole Hills, Port Washington,
Recota Beach, Gulf Resort Beach, Bruce, Red Head, Millers Ferry, Pine
Log, Sunnyside, Bunker and Laird.

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.

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 3037 8621 3039 8618 3038 8616 3038 8612
      3039 8611 3040 8612 3041 8612 3042 8613
      3060 8584 3031 8556 3016 8576
TIME...MOT...LOC 1608Z 141DEG 10KT 3028 8574

IG3

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 12:01 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1201 PM CDT Sun Jun 27 2021

FLZ007>010-108-271745-
Central Walton FL-Holmes FL-South Walton FL-North Walton FL-
Washington FL-
1201 PM CDT Sun Jun 27 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WALTON...WESTERN HOLMES AND
CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT...

At 1200 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 8 miles west of Vernon to 8 miles southeast of
Eglin Air Force Base. Movement was northwest at 20 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Vernon, Santa Rosa Beach, De Funiak Springs, Eglin Air Force Base,
Union, Liberty, Live Oak, Freeport, Paxton, Ponce De Leon, Caryville,
Westville, Ebro, Oakwood Hills, Cluster Springs, Whitehead
Crossroads, Cerrogordo, Blue Mountain Beach, Gritney and Rock Hill.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3099 8639 3100 8586 3058 8558 3032 8621
      3040 8627 3040 8623 3043 8626 3043 8625
      3038 8616 3039 8611 3043 8612 3043 8615
      3047 8614 3046 8619 3050 8620 3048 8622
      3048 8633 3056 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1700Z 141DEG 18KT 3065 8584 3051 8617

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 3:40 AM CDT	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Walton	21 hr
Jun 27, 11:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Washington	51 min
Jun 27, 12:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes	55 min
Jun 27, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	30 min
Jun 27, 3:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden	32 min
Jun 27, 3:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson	31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.