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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 24, 2000Holmes County, Jackson County, Florida; Houston County, Alabama

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 24, 2:05 PM CDTHail 0.75Graceville, FLDime size hail reported by the Jackson County EMA.
Apr 24, 2:05 PM CDTThunderstorm WindGraceville, FLSeveral 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 24, 11:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2000-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 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 2000-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 143 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
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

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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
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 6:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton62 min
Apr 24, 7:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Washington67 min
Apr 24, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMadison50 min
Apr 24, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson27 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.