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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 1, 2021Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Sep 1, 2021, 7:34 PM CDT for Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 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: Sep 1, 2021, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired: Sep 1, 2021, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Houston County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 139 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: 1004 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 830 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 53 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 Sep 1, 6:40 PM CDT, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 6:40 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 1, 5:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 1, 5:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 1, 6:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 1, 7:18 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 1, 7:29 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
829 PM EDT WED SEP 1 2021

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

0809 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     NASHVILLE               31.20N 83.25W
09/01/2021                   BERRIEN            GA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED A BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD THAT
            QUICKLY LIFTED ALONG US 129 NEAR NASHVILLE.
            TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

&&

Special weather statement, Sep 1, 7:34 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
734 PM CDT Wed Sep 1 2021

ALZ065>069-020115-
Dale AL-Henry AL-Coffee AL-Geneva AL-Houston AL-
734 PM CDT Wed Sep 1 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southern Dale,
southwestern Henry, southeastern Coffee, northeastern Geneva and
northwestern Houston Counties through 815 PM CDT...

At 734 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Newton to 9 miles south of Enterprise.
Movement was east at 25 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...
Daleville, Headland, Dothan, Ozark, Enterprise, Fort Rucker,
Hartford, Taylor, Midland City, Kinsey, Ashford, Level Plains,
Slocomb, Cowarts, Newton, Webb, Columbia, Pinckard, Malvern and
Rehobeth.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3146 8553 3136 8509 3133 8509 3132 8508
      3129 8509 3129 8510 3128 8511 3127 8511
      3101 8549 3118 8577 3120 8596
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 279DEG 23KT 3141 8554 3120 8588

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
Sep 1, 7:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes	57 min
Sep 1, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes	47 min
Sep 1, 8:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes	53 min
Sep 2, 9:04 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		40 min
Sep 2, 2:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Washington	28 min
Sep 2, 4:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	23 min
Sep 2, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	29 min
Sep 1, 7:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Colquitt, Lanier, Lowndes	34 min
Sep 1, 8:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Baker, Early, Miller	63 min
Sep 1, 8:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks, Lowndes	50 min
Sep 1, 9:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dougherty	31 min
Sep 2, 2:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Colquitt, Cook	32 min
Sep 2, 4:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Mitchell	34 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.