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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 9, 2000Dale County, Henry County, Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 9, 2000, 9:46 AM CST for Dale County, Henry County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Nov 9, 2000, 9:46 AM CST (15:46 UTC)
Expired
Nov 9, 2000, 10:30 AM CST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Dale County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 9, 4:30 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2000-11-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 99 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 2000-11-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
99 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
591 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KTAE 091547
SVRTLH
ALC045-067-069-091630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
946 AM CST THU NOV 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN DALE COUNTY IN ALABAMA
  SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN ALABAMA
  NORTHWESTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN ALABAMA

* UNTIL 1030 AM CST...

* AT 946 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF W.   
MAIN/BRANNON STAND RD IN DOTHAN...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
DALEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PINCKARD...W. MAIN/BRANNON STAND RD BY 950 AM CST...
  KINSEY...SYLVAN GROVE BY 955 AM CST...
  HEADLAND...NEWVILLE BY 1000 AM CST...
  CAPPS...TUMBLETON BY 1005 AM CST...
  HALEBURG BY 1010 AM CST...
  ABBEVILLE BY 1015 AM CST...

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM...BUT BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING CONDITIONS.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS DAMAGING WINDS.


LAT...LON 3122 8570 3123 8544 3143 8509 3161 8529

.END
12-WATSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 9, 6:26 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEGeneva34 min
Nov 9, 6:45 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEDale, Houston45 min
Nov 9, 7:03 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEHouston42 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.