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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 14, 2021Liberty County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2021, 4:12 PM EDT for Liberty County, Florida. It was in force for 33 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 14, 2021, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

County Liberty County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 2021-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 695 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 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
695 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1064 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

695 
WWUS82 KTAE 142012
SPSTAE

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
412 PM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021
 
FLZ026-027-142045-
Liberty FL-Inland Wakulla FL-
412 PM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central Wakulla
and southeastern Liberty Counties through 445 PM EDT...

At 412 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 22
miles west of Crawfordville, moving southwest at 10 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...
East Camp, Jewel Fire Tower, Poplar Camp, Smith Creek, Wilma, Vilas,
Nixon Garden, Twin Pole, Central City and Owens Bridge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3017 8501 3031 8476 3018 8462 3001 8482
      3001 8484
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 046DEG 8KT 3020 8473 

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

$$

55-SCHOLL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 8:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWakulla28 min
Aug 13, 10:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE92 min
Aug 14, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGulf37 min
Aug 14, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWakulla43 min
Aug 14, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWakulla30 min
Aug 14, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGulf46 min
Aug 14, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWakulla36 min
Aug 14, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun, Liberty27 min
Aug 14, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEFranklin47 min
Aug 14, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWashington29 min
Aug 14, 5:20 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE12 hr
Aug 14, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton52 min
Aug 14, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay, Calhoun50 min
Aug 14, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Walton, Washington35 min
Aug 14, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE61 min
Aug 14, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton31 min
Aug 14, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE33 min
Aug 14, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWakulla35 min
Aug 14, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE66 min
Aug 14, 7:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWakulla37 min
Aug 14, 2:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEQuitman38 min
Aug 14, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun34 min
Aug 14, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEQuitman35 min
Aug 14, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELee40 min
Aug 14, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDougherty, Lee, Terrell35 min
Aug 14, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDougherty, Mitchell28 min
Aug 14, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMiller36 min
Aug 14, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHenry43 min
Aug 14, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDale, Henry, Houston11 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.