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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 29, 2021Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 29, 2021, 12:37 PM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 53 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 29, 2021, 12:37 PM CDT (17:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2021, 1:30 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:37 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 168 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: 990 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 892 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 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 29, 12:25 PM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 12:25 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 12:37 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
137 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021

FLZ007>010-012-108-112-291830-
Coastal Bay FL-Central Walton FL-Holmes FL-Inland Bay FL-
South Walton FL-North Walton FL-Washington FL-
137 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

At 136 PM EDT/1236 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm 15 miles north of Panama City Beach, moving northwest at
15 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Vernon, De Funiak Springs, Eglin Air Force Base, Live Oak, Freeport,
Ponce De Leon, Caryville, Westville, Ebro, Hinsons Crossroads,
Portland, Whitehead Crossroads, Seminole Hills, Cerrogordo, Gritney,
Rock Hill, Holmes Valley, Millers Ferry, Knox Hill and Hickory Hill.

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 3088 8585 3050 8561 3026 8597 3042 8611
      3041 8612 3043 8612 3045 8615 3046 8615
      3047 8613 3048 8614 3047 8616 3060 8628
TIME...MOT...LOC 1736Z 148DEG 14KT 3043 8587

72-BUNKER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 7:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay	27 min
Jun 28, 7:20 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		26 min
Jun 29, 1:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dixie, Lafayette	63 min
Jun 29, 1:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Washington	44 min
Jun 29, 1:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton	26 min
Jun 29, 1:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dixie	32 min
Jun 29, 1:54 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		96 min
Jun 29, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor	55 min
Jun 29, 2:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Madison	43 min
Jun 29, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Taylor	73 min
Jun 29, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson	45 min
Jun 29, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Madison	42 min
Jun 29, 3:25 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		65 min
Jun 29, 3:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Wakulla	41 min
Jun 29, 6:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gulf	47 min
Jun 29, 3:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Colquitt, Cook, Grady, Thomas, Worth	61 min
Jun 29, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur	53 min
Jun 29, 4:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill, Tift, Turner, Worth	66 min
Jun 29, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas, Worth	61 min
Jun 29, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth	66 min
Jun 29, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Dougherty, Miller	41 min
Jun 29, 5:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Early, Lee, Quitman, Randolph and 1 more	54 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.