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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 1, 2003Dixie County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 2003, 6:06 AM EST for Dixie County, Florida. It was in force for 39 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
Mar 1, 2003, 6:06 AM EST (11:06 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2003, 6:45 AM EST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dixie County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 00:00Z on 2003-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2003-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 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.

000 
WUUS52 KTAE 011106
SVRTLH
FLC029-011145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
605 AM EST SAT MAR 1 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DIXIE COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 645 AM EST

* AT 605 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A   
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL 10 MILES WEST OF HORSESHOE      
  BEACH...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF STEINHATCHEE...MOVING EAST AT   
  35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HORSESHOE BEACH BY 620 AM EST...

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS LARGE HAIL.

LAT...LON 2952 8350 2940 8347 2941 8303 2961 8304

$$

22-BARRY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 3:50 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Mar 1, 6:57 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETaylor48 min
Mar 1, 8:43 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETaylor32 min
Mar 1, 11:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELiberty30 min
Mar 1, 3:00 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Mar 1, 5:00 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.