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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2021, 6:21 PM CDT for Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 10, 2021, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Houston County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 6:47 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 40 | 3 Sw Kinsey, AL | MEASURED 40 MPH GUST AT THE DOTHAN TECHNOLOGY CENTER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 2209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 854 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
287
WWUS82 KTAE 102321
SPSTAE
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
621 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
ALZ069-102345-
Houston AL-
621 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Houston
County through 645 PM CDT...
At 621 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Ashford, or 11 miles northeast of Cottonwood, moving west at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Cottonwood, Dothan, Kinsey, Ashford, Cowarts, Webb, Columbia, Avon,
Madrid, Gordon, Memphis, Pansey, Sigma, Pearce, Enon, Lovetown,
Wilson Mill, Barber, Olympia Spa Resort and Keytons.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3129 8512 3111 8510 3104 8541 3129 8544
3129 8542 3131 8542
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 084DEG 12KT 3120 8520
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
KRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 42 min |
| Aug 9, 8:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 8:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Madison | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 28 min |
| Aug 10, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun, Gulf | 43 min |
| Aug 10, 3:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 24 min |
| Aug 10, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 28 min |
| Aug 10, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Washington | 64 min |
| Aug 10, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson | 28 min |
| Aug 10, 5:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 25 min |
| Aug 10, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 26 min |
| Aug 10, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 50 min |
| Aug 10, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 59 min |
| Aug 10, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 43 min |
| Aug 10, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 66 min |
| Aug 10, 3:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun | 32 min |
| Aug 10, 3:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 31 min |
| Aug 10, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth | 24 min |
| Aug 10, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Baker, Miller, Mitchell | 26 min |
| Aug 10, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Colquitt, Miller, Mitchell | 42 min |
| Aug 10, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Early | 38 min |
| Aug 10, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Thomas | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 7:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Coffee | 23 min |
| Aug 9, 7:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dale | 32 min |
| Aug 10, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Henry | 40 min |
| Aug 10, 5:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Coffee | 36 min |
| Aug 10, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Geneva | 33 min |
| Aug 10, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 48 min |
| Aug 10, 6:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Houston | 26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.