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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 3, 2021Taylor County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2021, 4:51 PM EDT for Taylor County, Florida. It was in force for 39 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 3, 2021, 4:51 PM EDT (20:51 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Taylor County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 50 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 554 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
554 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
663 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

784 
WWUS82 KTAE 032051
SPSTAE

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
451 PM EDT Tue Aug 3 2021
 
FLZ118-127-128-032130-
Coastal Wakulla FL-Coastal Jefferson FL-Coastal Taylor FL-
451 PM EDT Tue Aug 3 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL WAKULLA...
SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON AND WEST CENTRAL TAYLOR COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM
EDT...

At 450 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11
miles east of St. Marks, moving southeast at 20 mph.

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

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of east central
Wakulla, southwestern Jefferson and west central Taylor Counties.

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 3010 8415 3019 8408 3007 8378 3004 8371
      2991 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 292DEG 19KT 3010 8404 

$$

01-GONZALEZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 9:25 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEDixie, Lafayette, Taylor2 hr
Aug 2, 9:40 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningTAELafayette, Taylor3 hr
Aug 2, 11:22 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningTAEMadison3 hr
Aug 3, 12:22 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE83 min
Aug 3, 1:39 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE96 min
Aug 3, 4:23 AM EDTRip Current StatementTAEBay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton23 hr
Aug 3, 8:51 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEDixie114 min
Aug 3, 11:22 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE83 min
Aug 3, 11:39 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEDixie, Taylor3 hr
Aug 3, 4:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Gulf, Walton, Washington3 hr
Aug 3, 4:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEJefferson, Taylor, Wakulla115 min
Aug 3, 6:35 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAEDixie, Taylor20 days
Aug 2, 9:30 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningTAEBerrien, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes2 hr
Aug 2, 11:01 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningTAEBerrien, Tift3 hr
Aug 2, 11:07 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningTAEBrooks, Lowndes3 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.