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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 4, 2002Henry County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2002, 2:58 PM CDT for Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 92 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, 2:58 PM CDT (19:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2002, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Henry County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.

432 
WUUS52 KTAE 041958
SVRTLH
ALC067-042045-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT...

* AT 257 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 2 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF SHORTERVILLE...OR ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF FORT
  GAINES...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WALTER F. GEORGE LOCK DAM BY 300 PM CDT...
  SCREAMER BY 330 PM CDT...
  LAWRENCEVILLE BY 340 PM CDT...

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS LARGE HAIL BUT DAMAGING WINDS ARE 
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 SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE DIRECTLY AT
850-942-8999 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 3152 8507 3157 8504
3176 8519 3169 8534

.END

12-WATSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHenry52 min
Jun 4, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHouston29 min
Jun 4, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGeneva3 hr

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.