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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Dec 19, 2021, 3:21 AM EST for Wakulla County, Florida. It was in force for 54 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
- Dec 19, 2021, 3:21 AM EST (08:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2021, 4:15 AM EST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 30
County Wakulla County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:25 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 430 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
544
WWUS82 KTAE 190821
SPSTAE
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
321 AM EST Sun Dec 19 2021
FLZ014-015-017-026-027-114-115-127-190915-
Inland Franklin FL-Liberty FL-Coastal Wakulla FL-Inland Gulf FL-
Coastal Franklin FL-Inland Wakulla FL-Leon FL-Coastal Gulf FL-
321 AM EST Sun Dec 19 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Gulf,
Wakulla, southeastern Liberty, southern Leon and Franklin Counties
through 415 AM EST/315 AM CST/...
At 321 AM EST/221 AM CST/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm 11 miles west of Crawfordville, moving northeast at 15
mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Carrabelle, Eastpoint, Apalachicola, Woodville, Crawfordville,
Tallahassee, Franklin, Sopchoppy, Jewel Fire Tower, Shadeville, Leon
Sinks, Royal Bluff, Wakulla Springs, Eight Mile Pond, Beverly, Poplar
Camp, Bloxham, Bethel, Curtis Mill and Fort Gadsden.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 2966 8525 3039 8466 3041 8462 3038 8409
2973 8475
TIME...MOT...LOC 0821Z 227DEG 14KT 3020 8455
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
$$
72-BUNKERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 10:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 38 min |
| Dec 19, 1:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf, Liberty | 39 min |
| Dec 19, 2:27 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 48 min |
| Dec 19, 2:58 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 32 min | |
| Dec 19, 2:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift | 30 min |
| Dec 19, 3:29 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Thomas | 46 min |
| Dec 19, 5:06 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Brooks, Cook | 54 min |
| Dec 18, 7:39 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry | 3 hr |
| Dec 18, 10:08 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston | 3 hr |
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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.