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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 3, 2002Leon County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2002, 4:59 PM EDT for Leon County, Florida. It was in force for 5 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
Jun 3, 2002, 4:59 PM EDT (20:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2002, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Leon County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 2002-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1037 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 2002-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1037 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-167 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1411 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 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.

765 
WUUS52 KTAE 032059
SVRTLH
FLC073-032130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
459 PM EDT MON JUN 3 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

* AT 459 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS 3 MILES WEST OF TALLAHASSEE
  REGIONAL AIRPORT...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TALLAHASSEE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT...MCCAIN BY 505 PM EDT...
  NORFLEET...OCHLOCKONEE BY 508 PM EDT...
  HENRIETTA BY 515 PM EDT...
  FOUR POINTS BY 520 PM EDT...

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS LARGE HAIL.

LAT...LON 3043 8449 3035 8440 3040 8427 3048 8439

.END

22-BARRY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELiberty5 hr
Jun 3, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 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.