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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 23, 2021Wakulla County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 23, 2021, 3:38 PM EDT for Wakulla County, Florida. It was in force for 37 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 23, 2021, 3:38 PM EDT (19:38 UTC)
Expired: Aug 23, 2021, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Wakulla County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 22 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.

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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: 689 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 901 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 23, 1:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 1:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 23, 10:22 AM EDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 23, 3:38 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
338 PM EDT Mon Aug 23 2021

FLZ017-018-027-127-232015-
Coastal Wakulla FL-Inland Jefferson FL-Inland Wakulla FL-Leon FL-
338 PM EDT Mon Aug 23 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northern Wakulla,
west central Jefferson and southeastern Leon Counties through 415 PM
EDT...

At 338 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 10 miles northeast of Woodville to 12 miles
northwest of Crawfordville. Movement was southeast at 10 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...
Crawfordville, Woodville, St. Marks, Tallahassee, Wakulla, Newport,
Cody, Shadeville, Brown House, Leon Sinks, Lake Munson, Wakulla
Springs, Eight Mile Pond, Thomas City, Wacissa, Wacissa Springs,
Bethel, Natural Bridge, Hyde Park and Arran.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3008 8451 3028 8471 3043 8408 3030 8382
      3028 8384 3027 8388 3025 8390
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 313DEG 9KT 3039 8411 3027 8453

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

KR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 22, 8:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Jackson	23 min
Aug 22, 9:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Jackson, Washington	30 min
Aug 22, 9:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes, Jackson, Washington	42 min
Aug 22, 10:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Jackson, Washington	35 min
Aug 22, 11:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Washington	33 min
Aug 22, 11:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay	31 min
Aug 23, 12:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay	53 min
Aug 23, 1:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes	32 min
Aug 23, 3:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Washington	40 min
Aug 23, 4:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Washington	52 min
Aug 23, 4:43 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Bay, Washington	3 hr
Aug 23, 4:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay, Calhoun	50 min
Aug 23, 5:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Liberty	48 min
Aug 23, 8:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay	31 min
Aug 23, 8:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gulf	30 min
Aug 23, 10:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Franklin	23 min
Aug 23, 11:42 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Bay, Gulf	15 hr
Aug 23, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	38 min
Aug 23, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden	46 min
Aug 22, 8:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Mitchell, Tift	46 min
Aug 22, 9:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Colquitt, Mitchell	31 min
Aug 22, 10:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Colquitt, Cook, Lowndes, Mitchell	45 min
Aug 22, 10:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay, Quitman, Randolph	44 min
Aug 22, 10:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks, Colquitt, Mitchell	51 min
Aug 22, 10:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay, Quitman, Randolph	32 min
Aug 22, 10:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lowndes, Mitchell	3 hr
Aug 22, 11:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lowndes	31 min
Aug 23, 6:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Mitchell	66 min
Aug 23, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Cook	53 min
Aug 23, 7:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Baker, Mitchell	66 min
Aug 22, 8:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Coffee, Geneva	45 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.