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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 20, 2022, 1:08 PM EDT for Wakulla County, Florida. It was in force for 37 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
- Aug 20, 2022, 1:08 PM EDT (17:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2022, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Wakulla County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 278 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
- 2055 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
064
WWUS82 KTAE 201708
SPSTAE
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
108 PM EDT Sat Aug 20 2022
FLZ015-026-027-115-127-201745-
Inland Franklin FL-Liberty FL-Coastal Wakulla FL-Coastal Franklin FL-
Inland Wakulla FL-
108 PM EDT Sat Aug 20 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southwestern Wakulla,
southeastern Liberty and north central Franklin Counties through 145
PM EDT...
At 108 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 8 miles west of Crawfordville to 22 miles
northeast of Eastpoint to 7 miles northwest of Carrabelle. These
storms were nearly stationary.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Crawfordville, Sopchoppy, Morgan Place, Buckhorn, Arran, Mcintyre,
Sanborn and Curtis Mill.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3019 8436 3004 8442 2988 8461 2990 8483
3006 8474 3020 8453
TIME...MOT...LOC 1708Z 279DEG 4KT 3016 8449 3004 8469 2991 8477
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
01-GONZALEZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 12:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 41 min |
| Aug 20, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Liberty | 28 min |
| Aug 20, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 48 min |
| Aug 20, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun, Liberty | 52 min |
| Aug 20, 3:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Calhoun | 117 min |
| Aug 20, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Liberty | 33 min |
| Aug 20, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 34 min |
| Aug 19, 9:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Colquitt, Cook | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 9:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Decatur | 38 min |
| Aug 20, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Decatur, Grady | 46 min |
| Aug 20, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Grady | 50 min |
| Aug 20, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Mitchell | 59 min |
| Aug 20, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Clay, Quitman, Randolph | 28 min |
| Aug 20, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lowndes | 33 min |
| Aug 20, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lowndes | 35 min |
| Aug 20, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Cook, Lowndes | 32 min |
| Aug 20, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Henry | 38 min |
| Aug 20, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 46 min |
| Aug 20, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Henry | 24 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.