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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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.
- 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
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
$$
11-MMThe 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 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 |
| Sep 1, 7:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Houston | 41 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.