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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 2, 2021Henry County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 2:01 AM CDT for Henry County, Alabama. 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
Aug 2, 2021, 2:01 AM CDT (07:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2021, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Henry County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 224 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2021-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 542 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2021-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
542 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1232 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

As transmitted.

252 
WWUS82 KTAE 020701
SPSTAE

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
301 AM EDT Mon Aug 2 2021
 
ALZ067-069-GAZ121-142-020745-
Henry AL-Houston AL-Clay GA-Early GA-
301 AM EDT Mon Aug 2 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN HENRY...NORTHEASTERN
HOUSTON...SOUTH CENTRAL CLAY AND NORTHWESTERN EARLY COUNTIES UNTIL
345 AM EDT/245 AM CDT/...

At 301 AM EDT/201 AM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm near Headland, moving east at 20 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Headland, Blakely, Columbia, Kinsey, Newville, Haleburg, Tumbleton,
Sigma, Grandberry Crossroads, Hayes, Pleasant Plains, Headland
Municipal A/P, Dancey, Early Co A/p, Farley Nuclear Plant, Hilton,
Balkum, Barnes, Blackwood and Capps.

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 3149 8480 3133 8482 3138 8501 3121 8509
      3135 8542 3139 8542 3153 8536 3147 8512
      3155 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0701Z 289DEG 19KT 3143 8532 

$$

AH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 9:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson and 5 more5 days
Aug 2, 4:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson41 min
Aug 2, 5:48 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE94 min
Aug 1, 8:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELee, Turner, Worth49 min
Aug 1, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELee, Turner, Worth29 min
Aug 1, 9:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBen Hill, Irwin, Lee, Tift, Turner, Worth47 min
Aug 1, 9:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBen Hill, Irwin34 min
Aug 1, 9:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDougherty, Worth47 min
Aug 2, 2:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELee37 min
Aug 2, 2:44 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAERandolph, Terrell2 hr
Aug 2, 2:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBaker43 min
Aug 2, 3:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBerrien44 min
Aug 2, 3:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWorth23 min
Aug 2, 3:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAERandolph53 min
Aug 2, 3:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWorth47 min
Aug 2, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAERandolph, Terrell42 min
Aug 2, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAETurner46 min
Aug 2, 4:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEDougherty, Lee, Worth111 min
Aug 2, 5:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECook, Lanier40 min
Aug 2, 6:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELanier49 min
Aug 2, 6:13 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBerrien, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes2 hr
Aug 2, 2:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGeneva48 min
Aug 2, 3:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHouston47 min
Aug 2, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECoffee46 min
Aug 2, 5:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAECoffee2 hr

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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.