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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 14, 2000Jefferson County, Madison County, Taylor County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2000, 4:00 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Madison County, Taylor County, Florida. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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
Jun 14, 2000, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2000, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Jefferson County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 4:15 PM EDTThunderstorm WindEridu, FLNumerous trees and power lines down in and around Eridu. County Road 14 was blocked by fallen debris. Reported by SKYWARN storm spotter.

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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 52 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 2000-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 457 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 2000-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
457 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1116 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 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.

615 
WUUS52 KTAE 142000
SVRTLH
FLC065-079-123-142030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
400 PM EDT WED JUN 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  MADISON COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  TAYLOR COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 400 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER IDDO...
  OR ABOUT 35 MILES EAST OF TALLAHASSEE...MOVING WEST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ERIDU BY 405 PM EDT
  LAMONT BY 415 PM EDT
  CASA BLANCO...NASH BY 425 PM EDT

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DEADLY
LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.


LAT...LON 3021 8367 3035 8362 3053 8391 3023 8400

FOURNIER
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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.