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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2009, 5:08 PM EDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 37 min. 9 reports 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
- Jul 2, 2009, 5:08 PM EDT (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2009, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Gadsden County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Wakulla County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 5:15 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 10 W Tallahassee, FL | HAIL REPORTED ON INTERSTATE 10. |
| Jul 2, 5:20 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | Tallahassee, FL | PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL ON DUVAL STREET AND AT APALACHEE PARKWAY AT MAGNOLIA. |
| Jul 2, 5:28 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Tallahassee, FL | HAIL REPORTED AT THE TALLAHASSEE MALL. |
| Jul 2, 5:33 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Tallahassee, FL | HAIL REPORTED AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT. |
| Jul 2, 5:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tallahassee, FL | STRUCTURAL ROOF DAMAGE TO A TOYS R US STORE ON APALACHEE PARKWAY. DAMAGE TO ALLTELL STORE ON SOUTH MONROE STREET. |
| Jul 2, 5:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Tallahassee, FL | STRUCTURAL ROOF DAMAGE TO A TOYS R US STORE ON APALACHEE PARKWAY. DAMAGE TO ALLTELL STORE ON SOUTH MONROE STREET. A NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT THE DAMAGE AT BOTH LOCATIONS WAS DUE TO STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. WINDS AT THE ALLTELL STORE WERE ESTIMATED AT |
| Jul 2, 5:46 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tallahassee, FL | SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE INDIANHEAD ACRES NEIGHBORHOOD. |
| Jul 2, 5:46 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 75 | Tallahassee, FL | NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED OR DOWNED THROUGHOUT THE INDIAN HEAD SUBDIVISION. THIS DAMAGE EXTENDED AROUND ONE HALF A MILE DIRECTLY SOUTH OF THE TOYS R US AND EASTWARD TO HALF A MILE WEST OF BLAIRSTONE ROAD. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG OLD S |
| Jul 2, 5:51 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Tallahassee, FL | HAIL REPORTED ON ROUTE 319...CAPITAL CIRCLE. |
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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 10 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
- 1103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1174 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KTAE 022108 SVRTAE FLC039-065-073-129-022145- /O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0252.090702T2108Z-090702T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 508 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN GADSDEN COUNTY IN FLORIDA... NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA... LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TALLAHASSEE... WESTERN WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA... * UNTIL 545 PM EDT * AT 506 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES NORTH OF TALLAHASSEE TO 20 MILES WEST OF CRAWFORDVILLE AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... TALLAHASSEE BY 530 PM EDT... WOODVILLE BY 545 PM EDT... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN EXITS 192 AND 217 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. 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 (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. && LAT...LON 3029 8470 3068 8424 3065 8379 3006 8458 TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 332DEG 18KT 3028 8470 3067 8420 $$ BARRY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Washington | 66 min |
| Jul 2, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla | 53 min |
| Jul 2, 5:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 79 min |
| Jul 2, 5:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 82 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.