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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 3, 2001Henry County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 3, 2001, 1:21 PM CST for Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 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
Mar 3, 2001, 1:21 PM CST (19:21 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2001, 2:00 PM CST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Henry County, AL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 3, 9:45 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 2001-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 727 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2001-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 226 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
727 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
462 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
288 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KTAE 031922
SVRTLH
ALC045-067-032000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
121 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DALE COUNTY IN ALABAMA
  HENRY COUNTY IN ALABAMA

* UNTIL 200 PM CST...

* AT 121 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROWNS
  CROSSROADS...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF OZARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SNOW HILL...ECHO BY 125 PM CST...
  BELLS CROSSROADS...BERTHA BY 130 PM CST...
  NEWVILLE BY 135 PM CST...
  CAPPS BY 140 PM CST...
  ABBEVILLE BY 150 PM CST...

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 RAPIDLY
CHANGING CONDITIONS.

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


LAT...LON 3174 8517 3151 8559 3133 8548 3148 8510
          3163 8512

.END

17-GOULD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 6:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee32 min
Mar 3, 12:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee45 min
Mar 3, 12:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDale67 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.