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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 8, 2006Bay County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2006, 2:11 PM CDT for Bay County, Florida. It was in force for 49 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 8, 2006, 2:11 PM CDT (19:11 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2006, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bay County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 2006-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2159 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 2006-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 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
2159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 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 081913
SVRTAE
FLC005-082000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0252.060808T1911Z-060808T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
211 PM CDT TUE AUG 8 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 206 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CRYSTAL LAKE TO LAIRD...OR
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTH OF LYNN HAVEN TO 16
  MILES EAST OF SANTA ROSA BEACH...AND MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  SEMINOLE HILLS BY 220 PM CDT...
  PINE LOG BY 225 PM CDT...

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO 
GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A 
SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3027 8598 3040 8598 3041 8591 3040 8589
      3041 8586 3044 8585 3043 8554 3040 8555
      3025 8590

$$

14-MROCZKA
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KTAE 081942
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
340 PM EDT TUE AUG 8 2006

FLC005-082000-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-060808T2000Z/
BAY FL-
240 PM CDT TUE AUG 8 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT 
FOR WESTERN BAY COUNTY...

AT 235 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY 
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ACROSS EXTREME
WESTERN BAY COUNTY.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3027 8598 3040 8598 3041 8591 3040 8589
      3041 8586 3044 8585 3043 8554 3040 8555
      3025 8590

$$

14-MROCZKA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 12:56 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE64 min
Aug 8, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton48 min
Aug 8, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes67 min
Aug 8, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELeon, Wakulla38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.