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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 15, 1996Franklin County, Wakulla County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1996, 6:00 AM EDT for Franklin County, Wakulla County, Florida. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 1996, 6:00 AM EDT (10:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 1996, 7:00 AM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, FL, Wakulla County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:02 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 54 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 1996-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1105 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 1996-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1105 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
866 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 14, 9:27 PM EDT, 8 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 9:27 PM EDT, 8 hours 33 minutes before
ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ121>131-142>148-155>161-150730-

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
923 PM EDT SUN APR 14 1996

CURRENT TRW ACTIVITY TO W OVR SW AL/WRN PNHNDL MOVG ENE TWD WRN ZNS.
XPCT TRW TO SLOWLY WEAKEN AS THEY PROPAGATE INTO SE AL/NW FL...BUT
MIGHT STILL HAVE SOME SVR POT BEFORE THEY DIE OUT. CURRENT ZNS LOOK
GOOD...BUT MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT MAKING A MENTION OF TRW OVR FL
BIG BEND ZNS LATE TONIGHT JUST IN CASE TRW MANAGE TO MAKE IT THIS FAR
EAST.

MOORE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 10:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton60 min
Apr 14, 11:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton65 min
Apr 15, 12:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Washington62 min
Apr 15, 2:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Washington66 min
Apr 15, 3:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Calhoun59 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.