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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 1, 2003Taylor County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 2003, 8:43 AM EST for Taylor County, Florida. It was in force for 32 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, 8:43 AM EST (13:43 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2003, 9:15 AM EST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Taylor County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 2003-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 2003-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 194 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
450 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
350 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

919 
WUUS52 KTAE 011343
SVRTLH
FLC123-011415-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL TAYLOR COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 915 AM EST

* AT 841 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS OVER HAMPTON SPRINGS...OR
  ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PERRY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PERRY-FOLEY AIRPORT BY 845 AM EST... 
  FENHOLLOWAY BY 850 AM EST...

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS DAMAGING WINDS. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO
POSSIBLE.


LAT...LON 3015 8374 2995 8377 2991 8339 3024 8338

$$

12-WATSON

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, 6:06 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDixie39 min
Mar 1, 6:57 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETaylor48 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.