Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 24, 2000, 3:25 AM CST for Bay County, Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports 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
- Jan 24, 2000, 3:25 AM CST (09:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 24, 2000, 4:15 AM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Bay County, FL, Washington County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 3:45 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Southport, FL | Large pine trees down reported by the Bay County S.O. |
| Jan 24, 3:45 AM CST | Hail 0.88 | Vicksburg, FL | Nickel size hail reported by the Bay County S.O. |
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 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 927 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTAE 240951 SVRTLH FLC005-133-241015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 325 AM CST MON JAN 24 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BAY COUNTY IN FLORIDA WASHINGTON COUNTY IN FLORIDA * UNTIL 415 AM CST * AT 325 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS..MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORMS THROUGH 415 AM CST... LIVE OAK...BUNKER DONATION RED HEAD HOLMES VALLEY...NORUM VERNON SYLVANIA...SMYRNA BROCK CROSSROAD...MACOM THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS DAMAGING WINDS. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8999. LAT...LON 3063 8589 3044 8589 3030 8545 3075 8546 WOOL ...RETRANSMISSION...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 3:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 34 min |
| Jan 24, 4:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gulf | 29 min |
| Jan 24, 5:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 41 min |
| Jan 24, 6:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison, Taylor | 49 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.