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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 24, 1996Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1996, 5:16 PM CDT for Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 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
May 24, 1996, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1996, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Houston County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 5:20 PM CDTHail 0.75Countywide, AL

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.

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 137 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, 1:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Liberty31 min
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

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.