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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2021, 2:38 PM EDT for Liberty County, Florida. It was in force for 52 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
- Jul 16, 2021, 2:38 PM EDT (18:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2021, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Liberty County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:37 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 70 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 708 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Jul 16, 2:06 PM EDT, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 2:06 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 2:02 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 202 PM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021 FLZ014-112-114-161845- Coastal Bay FL-Inland Gulf FL-Coastal Gulf FL- 202 PM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... At 201 PM EDT/101 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Port St. Joe, moving northeast at 5 mph. Winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Port St. Joe, Mexico Beach, Tyndall Air Force Base, Overstreet, Milltown, Allanton, Highland View, Wetappo, Beacon Hill, Ward Ridge, Dalkeith and Saint Joe Beach. LAT...LON 2977 8523 2981 8543 3010 8547 3000 8511 TIME...MOT...LOC 1801Z 203DEG 7KT 2984 8533 IG3
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 2:38 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 238 PM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021 FLZ013-014-026-161930- Liberty FL-Calhoun FL-Inland Gulf FL- 238 PM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... At 238 PM EDT/138 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms 8 miles northeast of Stonemill Creek, or 14 miles south of Blountstown, moving north at 20 mph. Pea size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Blountstown, Stonemill Creek, Wewahitchka, Orange, Bristol, Abe Springs, Vilas, Chipola Cutoff, Hosford, Jensen Place, Central City, Red Hill, Clio, Scotts Ferry, Kennys Mill, Estiffanulga, Kern, Nixon Garden, Hugh Creek and Telogia. 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 3002 8493 3010 8519 3047 8514 3039 8476 TIME...MOT...LOC 1838Z 201DEG 17KT 3022 8507 IG3
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 16, 2:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf | 43 min |
| Jul 16, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden | 44 min |
| Jul 16, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun | 48 min |
| Jul 16, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson | 46 min |
| Jul 16, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 24 min |
| Jul 16, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Seminole | 46 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.