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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 26, 2021Coffee County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 26, 2021, 10:08 PM CDT for Coffee County, Alabama. 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 26, 2021, 10:08 PM CDT (03:08 UTC)
Expired: Aug 26, 2021, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Coffee County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 211 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: 1144 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1029 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 102 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 26, 8:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 8:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 26, 4:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
542 PM EDT THU AUG 26 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0530 PM     MARINE TSTM WIND 1 ENE SAINT ANDREWS STA 30.13N 85.72W
08/26/2021  E40 MPH          GMZ750             FL   MESONET

            40 MPH GUST AT XSTA MESONET SITE - ST.
            ANDREWS BAY, WXFLOW.

&&

WD

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 4:46 PM CDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
546 PM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021

GAZ147-148-159>161-262215-
Berrien GA-Brooks GA-Lanier GA-Lowndes GA-Cook GA-
546 PM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southeastern Cook,
south central Berrien, Lanier, Lowndes and central Brooks Counties
through 615 PM EDT...

At 546 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Du Pont to near Lakeland to near Moody Air
Force Base to near Valdosta to near Lake Park. Movement was west at
35 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...
Lake Park, Lakeland, Quitman, Valdosta, Adel, Hahira, Ray City, I-75
At Exit 16, Moody Air Force Base, Remerton, Meigs, Dasher, Morven,
Cecil, Barretts, New Lois, Hansell, Allenville, Brooks Co A/p and
I-75 At Exit 11.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3085 8301 3085 8309 3083 8309 3083 8310
      3080 8310 3079 8313 3071 8314 3066 8318
      3082 8370 3095 8361 3116 8338 3112 8315
      3105 8297 3088 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 100DEG 29KT 3097 8293 3099 8305 3094 8318 3084
8325 3072 8325

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

01-GONZALEZ

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 5:34 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 26, 6:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 26, 6:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 26, 10:08 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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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 26, 7:51 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		114 min
Aug 27, 3:08 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		67 min
Aug 27, 3:26 AM CDT	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton	7 days
Aug 27, 5:42 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		63 min
Aug 27, 6:44 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		46 min
Aug 27, 1:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson	45 min
Aug 27, 1:39 PM CDT	High Surf Advisory	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton	5 days
Aug 27, 1:54 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	TAE		5 days
Aug 27, 1:54 PM CDT	Tropical Storm Watch	TAE		32 hr
Aug 27, 2:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson, Taylor	49 min
Aug 27, 2:38 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Aug 27, 3:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dixie, Lafayette	52 min
Aug 27, 3:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden	65 min
Aug 27, 3:50 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		115 min
Aug 27, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lafayette, Madison	48 min
Aug 27, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		55 min
Aug 27, 5:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson, Madison, Taylor	66 min
Aug 27, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Madison, Taylor	44 min
Aug 27, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla	34 min
Aug 27, 5:45 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		90 min
Aug 27, 6:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	51 min
Aug 27, 6:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden	52 min
Aug 27, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jackson	39 min
Aug 27, 1:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Colquitt, Cook, Tift, Turner, Worth	41 min
Aug 27, 2:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Grady, Thomas	39 min
Aug 27, 2:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Colquitt, Cook	44 min
Aug 27, 2:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lowndes, Turner	33 min
Aug 27, 3:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill	31 min
Aug 27, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dougherty, Lee	44 min
Aug 27, 4:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Turner	45 min
Aug 27, 4:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Terrell	36 min
Aug 27, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dougherty	26 min
Aug 27, 4:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Randolph	52 min
Aug 27, 5:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay	38 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.