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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 1, 2021Holmes County, Florida; Geneva County, Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Sep 1, 2021, 8:22 PM CDT for Holmes County, Florida; Geneva County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 53 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, 8:22 PM CDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2021, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

Counties Geneva County, AL, Houston County, AL, Holmes County, FL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:21 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 00:00Z on 2021-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1004 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2021-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
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

As transmitted.

019 
WWUS82 KTAE 020122
SPSTAE

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
822 PM CDT Wed Sep 1 2021
 
ALZ068-069-FLZ009>011-020215-
Geneva AL-Houston AL-Holmes FL-Jackson FL-Washington FL-
822 PM CDT Wed Sep 1 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of eastern Geneva,
Houston, northern Jackson, Holmes and northeastern Washington
Counties through 915 PM CDT...

At 822 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Dothan to Geneva. Movement was southeast
at 15 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...
Cottonwood, Chipley, Graceville, Dothan, Bonifay, Geneva, Hartford,
Taylor, Ashford, Slocomb, Cowarts, Malone, Malvern, Rehobeth,
Cottondale, Greenwood, Avon, Caryville, Esto and Madrid.

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 3128 8540 3099 8500 3097 8500 3096 8498
      3093 8498 3093 8497 3092 8497 3061 8582
      3108 8598
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 305DEG 13KT 3125 8539 3103 8585 

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 7:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes57 min
Sep 1, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes47 min
Sep 2, 9:04 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE40 min
Sep 2, 2:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWashington28 min
Sep 2, 4:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton23 min
Sep 2, 4:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton29 min
Sep 1, 7:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEColquitt, Lanier, Lowndes34 min
Sep 1, 8:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBaker, Early, Miller63 min
Sep 1, 8:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBrooks, Lowndes50 min
Sep 1, 9:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDougherty31 min
Sep 2, 2:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEColquitt, Cook32 min
Sep 2, 4:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMitchell34 min
Sep 1, 7:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHouston41 min

Nearby

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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.