Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2002, 1:46 PM CST for Henry County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2002, 1:46 PM CST (19:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2002, 4:15 PM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 12:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 163 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1340 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 433 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
405 WUUS52 KTAE 311946 SVRTLH ALC067-069-312000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 145 PM CST SUN MAR 31 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL HENRY COUNTY IN ALABAMA NORTH CENTRAL HOUSTON COUNTY IN ALABAMA * UNTIL 200 PM CST... * AT 145 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER PLEASANT PLAINS...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HEADLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WILLIAMS...COLUMBIA BY 150 PM CST... 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. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS DAMAGING WINDS. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE...QUARTER INCH HAIL REPORTED AT ASHBURN 145PM CST. LAT...LON 3131 8538 3117 8525 3120 8511 3138 8511 .END 16-DYE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 4:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 84 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002
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.