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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 26, 1988Holmes County, Washington County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1988, 4:55 PM CDT for Holmes County, Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1988, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1988, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Holmes County, FL, Washington County, FL

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Apalachicola Mun, FL (KAQQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 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, Apalachicola Mun, FL at 12:00Z on 1988-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1403 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Apalachicola Mun, FL at 12:00Z on 1988-06-26The 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
1403 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1079 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay65 min
Jun 25, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETift53 min
Jun 26, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun66 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.