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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 10, 2021Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2021, 6:49 PM CDT for Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 26 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 10, 2021, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Houston County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 144 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

997 
WWUS82 KTAE 102349
SPSTAE

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
649 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
 
ALZ066-067-069-110015-
Dale AL-Henry AL-Houston AL-
649 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Dale,
southwestern Henry and northwestern Houston Counties through 715 PM
CDT...

At 649 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Kinsey, or near Dothan, moving northwest at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Headland, Dothan, Taylor, Midland City, Kinsey, Cowarts, Webb,
Pinckard, Grimes, Napier Field, Sylvan Grove, Hollis Dairy Road,
Green Acres, Kirkland Crossroads, Blackwood, Kelly Springs, Goldberg
Field, W. Main/brannon St, Currytown and Ardilla.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3130 8526 3115 8537 3118 8549 3120 8549
      3120 8554 3122 8561 3145 8545
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 120DEG 5KT 3127 8539 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

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The 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, 6:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Houston	24 min
Aug 10, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Geneva	48 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.