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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 4, 19994 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1999, 10:45 PM EDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 60 min. 2 reports 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 4, 1999, 10:45 PM EDT (02:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 1999, 11:45 PM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Whole counties

Counties Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Wakulla County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 4, 10:45 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Bristol, FL	Liberty County S.O. reported downed power lines.
Jun 4, 10:50 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Drifton, FL	Jefferson county S.O. reported two large trees down at intersection of W Lake Rd and Drifton Highway.

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 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 Jun 4, 4:23 PM EDT, 6 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 4:23 PM EDT, 6 hours 22 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 8:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Leon	49 min
Jun 4, 9:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Gadsden, Jackson	48 min
Jun 4, 10:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Leon	49 min
Jun 4, 10:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Franklin, Gulf	60 min
Jun 5, 12:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lafayette, Madison	63 min
Jun 5, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Walton	48 min
Jun 4, 8:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Dougherty, Worth	31 min
Jun 4, 9:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Cook, Mitchell	32 min
Jun 4, 9:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Grady, Thomas	44 min
Jun 4, 9:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks	44 min
Jun 4, 9:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Thomas	29 min
Jun 4, 9:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Grady	29 min
Jun 5, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Worth	48 min
Jun 5, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Geneva	50 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.