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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 20, 2000Dixie County, Lafayette County, Florida

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 20, 4:35 PM EDTThunderstorm WindNortheast Portion, FLA 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2000-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2018 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2000-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
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

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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
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWakulla38 min
Jul 20, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELeon25 min
Jul 20, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Liberty41 min
Jul 20, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGulf38 min
Jul 20, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMadison, Taylor35 min
Jul 20, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Jackson38 min
Jul 20, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWashington38 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.