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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 19, 2001Henry County, Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 2001, 11:24 AM CST for Henry County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 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
Jan 19, 2001, 11:24 AM CST (17:24 UTC)
Expired
Jan 19, 2001, 12:15 PM CST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2001-01-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 2001-01-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 308 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
308 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
354 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 191725
SVRTLH

ALC045-067-069-191815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1124 AM CST FRI JAN 19 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1215 PM CST...

* AT 1124 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF ABBEVILLE TO 10 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN
  DOTHAN..MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORMS THROUGH 1215 PM CST...
  MIDLAND CITY...PINCKARD...
  ABBEVILLE...NEWVILLE...
  DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...HEADLAND...
  WEBB RD/ROSS CLARK CIRCLE...EAST MAIN/ROSS CLARK CIRCLE...
  WEBB...HODGESVILLE...
  AVON...COWARTS...

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


REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TALLAHASSEE. OR YOU
CAN ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVBICE IN TALLAHASSEE DIRECTLY AT
850-942-8999 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.

LAT...LON 3171 8531 3124 8561 3122 8541 3102 8546
          3102 8513 3167 8510

.END
12-WATSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 19, 9:25 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEGeneva, Houston35 min
Jan 19, 9:36 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEDale, Henry24 min
Jan 19, 11:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGeneva41 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.