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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 25, 2003Dale County, Henry County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 2003, 5:59 AM CDT for Dale County, Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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
Apr 25, 2003, 5:59 AM CDT (10:59 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2003, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Dale County, AL, Henry County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 2003-04-25Temperature 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 2003-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1277 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
208 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 251059
SVRTLH
ALC045-067-251145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
558 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 AM CDT

* AT 558 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  MABSON...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF OZARK...MOVING EAST AT 40
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BELLS CROSSROADS...BERTHA BY 605 AM CDT...
  CLOPTON...NEWVILLE BY 610 AM CDT...
  CAPPS...EDWIN BY 615 AM CDT...
  ABBEVILLE...ABBEVILLE MUNI AIRPORT BY 620 AM CDT...
  SCREAMER...HALEBURG BY 625 AM CDT...

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS DAMAGING WINDS. 


LAT...LON 3161 8561 3141 8558 3135 8509 3173 8516

$$

17-GOULD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 5:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGeneva45 min
Apr 25, 6:52 AM CDTTornado WarningTAECoffee, Geneva38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 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.