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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 6, 2003Coffee County, Geneva County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2003, 3:57 PM CDT for Coffee County, Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 48 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
Aug 6, 2003, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2003, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Coffee County, AL, Geneva County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 111 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2003-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2529 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2003-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2529 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
704 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 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.

298 
WUUS52 KTAE 062057
SVRTLH
ALC031-061-062145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
355 PM CDT WED AUG 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 355 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A   
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...MOVING EAST AT 20 
MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  SHADY GROVE BY 400 PM CDT...
  JACK...CARL FOLSOM AIRPORT BY 405 PM CDT...
  ALBERTON BY 410 PM CDT...
  VICTORIA...BY 415 PM CDT...
  
IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DEADLY
LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.


LAT...LON 3161 8612 3106 8618 3103 8580 3161 8581

$$

9-FOURNIER

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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.