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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 6, 2004Dale County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 6, 2004, 9:20 AM CST for Dale County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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
Feb 6, 2004, 9:20 AM CST (15:20 UTC)
Expired
Feb 6, 2004, 9:45 AM CST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dale County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 2004-02-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 81 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-02-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 311 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
81 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
514 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
311 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
335 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KTAE 061520
SVRTLH
ALC045-061545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
919 AM CST FRI FEB 6 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 AM CST

* AT 919 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOWDEN
  TERRACE...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT RUCKER...MOVING EAST
  AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OZARK BY 930 AM CST.

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

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY
MAY BE WASHED OUT.


LAT...LON 3149 8580 3132 8576 3132 8543 3162 8544

$$

12-WATSON

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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.