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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 2, 2006Jefferson County, Madison County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 2, 2006, 5:08 PM EST for Jefferson County, Madison County, Florida. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Feb 2, 2006, 5:08 PM EST (22:08 UTC)
Expired
Feb 2, 2006, 5:45 PM EST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jefferson County, FL, Madison County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 2, 5:20 PM ESTHAIL 0.885 S Monticello, FLON INTERSTATE 10.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 41 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 2006-02-02Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2006-02-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 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
3195 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 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 022210
SVRTAE
FLC065-079-022245-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0021.060202T2208Z-060202T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
508 PM EST THU FEB 2 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MONTICELLO
  NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 545 PM EST

* AT 506 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND 
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14 
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTICELLO...OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF 
  TALLAHASSEE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A 
  HISTORY OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MONTICELLO BY 520 PM EST...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3052 8404 3052 8398 3055 8397 3056 8398
      3066 8387 3065 8385 3065 8358 3047 8374
      3036 8405

$$

22-BARRY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 2, 9:51 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 hr
Feb 2, 2:24 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEFranklin21 min
Feb 2, 2:34 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE116 min
Feb 2, 2:45 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEGulf30 min
Feb 2, 3:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETaylor25 min
Feb 2, 3:35 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEFranklin, Gulf, Liberty25 min
Feb 2, 4:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWakulla26 min
Feb 2, 4:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWakulla26 min
Feb 2, 4:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Leon37 min
Feb 2, 4:44 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Feb 2, 4:55 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningTAELeon95 min
Feb 2, 5:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Madison33 min
Feb 2, 6:31 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEJefferson, Wakulla29 min
Feb 2, 6:32 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE28 min

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.