Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2000, 1:01 PM CDT for Holmes County, Jackson County, Florida; Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 59 min. 2 reports 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
- Apr 24, 2000, 1:01 PM CDT (18:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2000, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Houston County, AL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2:05 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Graceville, FL | Dime size hail reported by the Jackson County EMA. |
| Apr 24, 2:05 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Graceville, FL | Several trees down reported by the Jackson 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 11:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -295 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 727 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 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 241802 SVRTLH ALC069-FLC059-063-241900- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 101 PM CDT MON APR 24 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HOUSTON COUNTY IN ALABAMA EASTERN HOLMES COUNTY IN FLORIDA NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA * UNTIL 200 PM CDT * AT 101 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL OVER TENDIL CROSSING...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF CHIPLEY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MADRID...HODGESVILLE BY 105 PM CDT COTTONWOOD...MEMPHIS BY 110 PM CDT AVON...GRANGEBURG BY 115 PM CDT 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 RA/PIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. GOULD NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 6:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 62 min |
| Apr 24, 7:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Washington | 67 min |
| Apr 24, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 27 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.