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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 27, 1988Jefferson County, Leon County, Wakulla County, Florida; Thomas County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1988, 7:23 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Leon County, Wakulla County, Florida; Thomas County, Georgia. It was in force for 67 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1988, 7:23 PM EDT (23:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1988, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Thomas County, GA

The radar

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 27, 7:30 PM EDTHail 1Leon, FL

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 228 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1988-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1229 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1988-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1229 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1180 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 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 27, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAESanta Rosa67 min
Jun 27, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson64 min
Jun 27, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWakulla56 min
Jun 27, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEEscambia69 min
Jun 27, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Liberty67 min
Jun 27, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELee52 min
Jun 27, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDougherty44 min
Jun 27, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWorth51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1988Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.