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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 24, 1996Calhoun County, Liberty County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1996, 1:59 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Liberty County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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
May 24, 1996, 1:59 PM CDT (18:59 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1996, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Calhoun County, FL, Liberty County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 1996-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1714 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1996-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
1714 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1187 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 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
May 24, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay25 min
May 24, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun31 min
May 24, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee, Dale37 min
May 24, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHouston29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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.