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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 25, 2000Holmes County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 25, 2000, 3:25 PM CDT for Holmes County, Florida. It was in force for 35 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
Sep 25, 2000, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 2000, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Holmes County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 25, 3:30 PM CDTThunderstorm WindPonce De Leon, FLSeveral large trees down. Reported by the Holmes County EMA.

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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 2000-09-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 221 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2000-09-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
221 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
904 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-10 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 252027
SVRTLH
FLC059-131-133-252100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
325 PM CDT MON SEP 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HOLMES COUNTY IN FLORIDA
 
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 325 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF PONCE DE LEON...OR ABOUT 9
  MILES EAST OF DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BONIFAY BY 345 PM CDT

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS DAMAGING WINDS. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO
POSSIBLE.


LAT...LON 3084 859C4 3066 8601 3055 8575 3074 8566

.END
22 BARRY

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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.