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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 25, 2000Henry County, Alabama; Clay County, Quitman County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2000, 5:10 PM CDT for Henry County, Alabama; Clay County, Quitman County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2000, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2000, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Henry County, AL, Clay County, GA, Quitman County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 2000-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1450 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 2000-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1450 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
836 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 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 252211
SVRTLH
ALC067-GAC061-239-252245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
610 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN ALABAMA
  NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN GEORGIA
  SOUTHWESTERN QUITMAN COUNTY IN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT(545 PM CDT)

* AT 610 PM EDT(510 PM CDT) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS 3 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF HATCHER...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GEORGETOWN...
  MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WATSON CROSSROADS...MOORES CROSSROADS BY 615 PM EDT   DAYS         
  CROSSROADS...RICKS PLACE BY 630 PM EDT
  BAGBY STATE PARK BY 635 PM EDT
  COATES...DOUBLE BRIDGES BY 545 PM CDT

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 3178 8491 3191 8505 3176 8531 3158 8514

TURNAGE
NNNN

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.