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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 4, 2002Gadsden County, Leon County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2002, 3:30 PM EDT for Gadsden County, Leon County, Florida. It was in force for 90 min. 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 4, 2002, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2002, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
90 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Gadsden County, FL, Leon County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 2002-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1408 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 2002-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1408 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1323 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KTAE 041930
SVRTLH
FLC039-073-042000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
330 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN GADSDEN COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  WESTERN LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

* AT 330 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER
  OCHLOCKONEE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF TALLAHASSEE...MOVING NORTH
  AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ZION HILL BY 340 PM EDT...
  BELLWOOD ESTATES BY 350 PM EDT...
  LAKE JACKSON...HARBINWOOD ESTATES BY 355 PM EDT...  
  GIBSON...BY 400 PM EDT...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY
FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.


LAT...LON 3041 8456 3036 8436 3059 8427 3065 8451

.END

48-TURNAGE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDixie67 min
Jun 4, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson33 min
Jun 4, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes3 hr
Jun 4, 7:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden10 days

Nearby

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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.