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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 24, 2000Gadsden County, Leon County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 24, 2000, 6:04 AM EST for Gadsden County, Leon County, Florida. It was in force for 41 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
Jan 24, 2000, 6:04 AM EST (11:04 UTC)
Expired
Jan 24, 2000, 6:45 AM EST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gadsden County, FL, Leon County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 24, 6:15 AM ESTThunderstorm WindCountywide, FLThe Gadsden County S.O. reported numerous trees and power lines down with scattered power outages south of Interstate 10.
Jan 24, 6:30 AM ESTThunderstorm WindTallahassee, FLA two-story wood-brick frame home sustained extensive damage when three large pine trees were blowninto the second floor bedrooms. A one-story brick home was damaged by a fallen tree. The lone resident suffered minor head injuries and was released. Numerou

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
Jan 24, 4:30 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 19 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 00:00Z on 2000-01-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2000-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTAE 241108
SVRTLH
FLC039-073-241145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
604 AM EST MON JAN 24 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GADSDEN COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 645 AM EST

* AT 604 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 16 MILES SOUTH OF BAINBRIDGE TO 23 MILES WEST OF TALLAHASSEE
  TO 29 MILES WEST OF TALLAHASSEE..MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORMS THROUGH 645 AM EST...
  GREENSBORO...JUNIPER
  GRETNA
  DOUGLAS CITY...SAWDUST
  QUINCY...QUINCY A/P
  BRANCHVILLE...WETUMPKA
  JAMIESON...LITTMAN

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS DAMAGING WINDS. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO
POSSIBLE.



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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 24, 4:25 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Washington50 min
Jan 24, 4:56 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun34 min
Jan 24, 5:31 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGulf29 min
Jan 24, 7:11 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMadison, Taylor49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.