Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2002, 3:08 PM CDT for Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 2002, 3:08 PM CDT (20:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2002, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Henry County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 3:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Headland, AL | A few downed power lines reported by the Henry County Sheriff. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
906 WUUS52 KTAE 042008 SVRTLH ALC067-042100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 308 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN ALABAMA * UNTIL 400 PM CDT... * AT 308 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HEADLAND MUNI AIRPORT...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HEADLAND...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HALEBURG BY 325 PM CDT... HEADLAND MUNI AIRPORT...HEADLAND BY 330 PM CDT... TUMBLETON BY 340 PM CDT... NEWVILLE BY 350 PM CDT... THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS LARGE HAIL. LAT...LON 3132 8534 3132 8510 3148 8512 3145 8540 .END 22-BARRY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 92 min |
| Jun 4, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 29 min |
| Jun 4, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 3 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.