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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2008, 3:43 PM EDT for Madison County, Florida. It was in force for 18 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2008, 3:43 PM EDT (19:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2008, 4:01 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Madison County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 80 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 718 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 26, 2:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 2:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 356 AM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-270800- COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON- JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-QUITMAN- CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL- IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE- DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 356 AM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 /256 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS MORNING...MAINLY OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. BRIEF WATERSPOUTS CAN OCCASIONALLY DEVELOP WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING DURING THE SUMMERTIME. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER LAND THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...A FEW STORMS COULD BRIEFLY APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS WITH MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND/OR WIND AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. HOWEVER...LIKE MOST SUMMER DAYS...LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MOST WIDESPREAD THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. WHILE WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS UNLIKELY...A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING...STRONG WIND GUSTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP. FOURNIER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 156 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 GAZ158-261845- THOMAS- 156 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR THOMAS COUNTY... * UNTIL 245 PM EDT AT 151 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTH OF THOMASVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 6 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... BOSTON BY 245 PM EDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND POWER LINES. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. RELAY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 24-BLOCK
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 223 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 FLZ026-261915- LIBERTY- 223 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR LIBERTY COUNTY... * UNTIL 315 PM EDT AT 218 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLOUNTSTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. 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 SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 25-CAMP
Local storm report, Jun 26, 2:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
225 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0550 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 E TALLAHASSEE 30.44N 84.23W
06/25/2008 LEON FL NEWSPAPER
THREE TREES DOWN ON VICTORY GARDEN DRIVE. TIME ESTIMATED
BY RADAR.
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RUBIOSpecial weather statement, Jun 26, 2:47 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 11:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Leon | 64 min |
| Jun 26, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Liberty | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 65 min |
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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.