Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2000, 4:33 PM EDT for Dixie County, Lafayette County, Florida. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 20, 2000, 4:33 PM EDT (20:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2000, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Dixie County, FL, Lafayette County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 4:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Northeast Portion, FL | A few large trees down on County Road 420. Reported by NWS Jacksonville. |
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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 132 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2018 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1446 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KTAE 202034 SVRTLH FLC029-067-202115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 433 PM EDT THU JUL 20 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN DIXIE COUNTY IN FLORIDA EASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN FLORIDA * UNTIL 515 PM EDT * AT 433 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 6 MILES NORTH OF MIDWAY...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 TO 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MIDWAY BY 445 PM EDT IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TALLAHASSEE. OR YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE DIRECTLY AT 850-942-8999 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 3010 8298 3009 8319 2963 8319 2965 8290 JAMSKI NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 38 min |
| Jul 20, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon | 25 min |
| Jul 20, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Liberty | 41 min |
| Jul 20, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gulf | 38 min |
| Jul 20, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison, Taylor | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Jackson | 38 min |
| Jul 20, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Washington | 38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.