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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 29, 2021Holmes County, Florida; Geneva County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Dec 29, 2021, 11:45 AM CST for Holmes County, Florida; Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 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 29, 2021, 11:45 AM CST (17:45 UTC)
Expired: Dec 29, 2021, 12:15 PM CST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

Counties Geneva County, AL, Holmes County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -199 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 556 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 69 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 Dec 29, 9:12 AM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 9:12 AM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 29, 11:05 AM CST, 40 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1205 PM EST Wed Dec 29 2021

FLZ007>010-012-108-112-291745-
Coastal Bay FL-Central Walton FL-Holmes FL-Inland Bay FL-
South Walton FL-North Walton FL-Washington FL-
1205 PM EST Wed Dec 29 2021

...Gusty showers will impact portions of northwestern Bay, Walton,
southwestern Holmes and western Washington Counties through 1245 PM
EST/1145 AM CST/...

At 1203 PM EST/1103 AM CST/, Doppler radar was tracking gusty
showers along a line extending from 7 miles south of Eglin Air Force
Base to near Santa Rosa Beach to 20 miles southeast of Destin to 28
miles west of Panama City Beach. Movement was northeast 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...
Santa Rosa Beach, De Funiak Springs, Eglin Air Force Base, Live Oak,
Freeport, Ponce De Leon, Caryville, Westville, Ebro, Hinsons
Crossroads, Portland, Whitehead Crossroads, Alpine Heights, Villa
Tasso, Seminole Hills, Blue Mountain Beach, De Funiak Spring Airport,
Seaside, Rock Hill and Holmes Valley.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3054 8639 3080 8617 3079 8576 3049 8572
      3029 8592 3021 8605 3028 8629 3042 8631
      3039 8626 3040 8623 3043 8625 3038 8617
      3039 8611 3040 8612 3043 8612 3044 8616
      3047 8613 3046 8619 3050 8620 3046 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1703Z 232DEG 30KT 3050 8632 3041 8625 3023 8621 3010
8630 2997 8647

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

01-GONZALEZ

Special weather statement, Dec 29, 11:45 AM CST, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1145 AM CST Wed Dec 29 2021

ALZ068-FLZ007-009-291815-
Geneva AL-Holmes FL-North Walton FL-
1145 AM CST Wed Dec 29 2021

...Gusty showers will impact portions of central Geneva, north
central Walton and northwestern Holmes Counties through 1215 PM
CST...

At 1145 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers 10 miles
northeast of De Funiak Springs, moving northeast at 45 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...
Geneva, Hartford, Slocomb, Union, Coffee Springs, Black, Chancellor,
Kellys Crossroads, Cerrogordo, Lytle, Darlington, Gritney, Arrant
Settlement, Geneva Municipal A/P, Glendale, Hendrix Crossroad, Center
Ridge, Smith Crossroads, Hickory Hill and Izagora.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3120 8589 3119 8556 3079 8587 3080 8616
TIME...MOT...LOC 1745Z 213DEG 38KT 3084 8601

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

01-GONZALEZ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 29, 11:05 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	40 min
Dec 29, 12:06 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	39 min
Dec 29, 12:19 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		56 min
Dec 29, 12:44 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	61 min
Dec 29, 1:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay	63 min
Dec 29, 1:13 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		62 min
Dec 29, 2:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jackson	48 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.