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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 3, 2001Bay County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 3, 2001, 7:36 PM CST for Bay County, Florida. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 3, 2001, 7:36 PM CST (01:36 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2001, 8:30 PM CST
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Bay County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 2001-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 544 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 00:00Z on 2001-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
544 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
660 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 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 040138
SVRTLH
FLC005-059-133-040230-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BAY COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  HOLMES COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 830 PM CST...

* AT 736 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A   
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS ABOUT 12          
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FIVE POINTS...CARYVILLE BY 740 PM CST...
  VERNON...POPLAR HEAD BY 745 PM CST...
  WAUSAU...SUNNY HILLS BY 750 PM CST...
  CHIPLEY MUNI A/P...CHIPLEY BY 755 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.

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.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY
MAY BE WASHED OUT.



.END

9-FOURNIER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 7:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton45 min
Mar 3, 7:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Washington54 min
Mar 3, 8:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 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.