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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 4, 2002Houston County, Alabama; Early County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2002, 3:46 PM CDT for Houston County, Alabama; Early County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2002, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2002, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Houston County, AL, Early County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 121 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°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 042046
SVRTLH
ALC069-GAC099-042115-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN ALABAMA
  SOUTHWESTERN EARLY COUNTY IN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT(515 PM EDT)...

* AT 346 PM CDT(446 PM EDT) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL OVER JAKIN...OR
  ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF DONALSONVILLE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  KILLARNEY...CROSBY BY 350 PM CDT...
  SAFFOLD...HOWARDS MILL BY 455 PM EDT...
  GORDON...CEDAR SPRINGS BY 510 PM EDT...
  JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT...PANSEY BY 415 PM CDT...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.


.END

48-TURNAGE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHenry92 min
Jun 4, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHenry52 min
Jun 4, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGeneva3 hr
Jun 3, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETift18 hr
Jun 3, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECook18 hr
Jun 3, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDougherty, Lee, Worth18 hr
Jun 4, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEQuitman, Randolph83 min
Jun 4, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEQuitman90 min
Jun 4, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETerrell73 min
Jun 4, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEClay, Early76 min
Jun 4, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur82 min
Jun 4, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEEarly32 min
Jun 4, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Grady2 hr
Jun 4, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Mitchell10 days
Jun 4, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur10 days

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 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.