Alert archive / Florida / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 26, 2021, 4:12 PM EDT for Wakulla County, Florida. It was in force for 48 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 26, 2021, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2021, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 50
County Wakulla County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 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 40 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
- 278 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 953 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
864
WWUS82 KTAE 262012
SPSTAE
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
412 PM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021
FLZ017-018-027-028-115-118-127-128-262100-
Inland Taylor FL-Coastal Wakulla FL-Coastal Jefferson FL-
Inland Jefferson FL-Coastal Franklin FL-Inland Wakulla FL-
Coastal Taylor FL-Leon FL-
412 PM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Wakulla,
southwestern Jefferson, northwestern Taylor, south central Leon and
northeastern Franklin Counties through 500 PM EDT...
At 412 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 16
miles east of St. Marks, moving west at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 45 to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
St. Marks, Crawfordville, Woodville, Wakulla, Sopchoppy, Newport,
Shadeville, Hells Half Acre, Leon Sinks, Wakulla Springs, Cabbage
Grove, Eight Mile Pond, Panacea, Scanlon, Medart, Buckhorn, Bethel,
Natural Bridge, Liveoak Island and Curtis Mill.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 2989 8454 3000 8456 3001 8455 3002 8457
3021 8461 3034 8430 3024 8387 3001 8386
2999 8398 3003 8405 2999 8426 2994 8427
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 087DEG 25KT 3010 8395
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
$$
21-WDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 3:39 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Franklin, Gulf, Walton | 18 hr |
| Aug 26, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 65 min | |
| Aug 26, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 62 min | |
| Aug 26, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 66 min | |
| Aug 26, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 40 min | |
| Aug 26, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 41 min |
| Aug 26, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 65 min |
| Aug 26, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lanier, Lowndes | 51 min |
| Aug 26, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes | 29 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.