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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 8, 2010Jefferson County, Madison County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2010, 6:29 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Madison County, Florida. It was in force for 46 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
Apr 8, 2010, 6:29 PM EDT (22:29 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 2010, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Jefferson County, FL, Madison County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 8, 6:01 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 2010-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 130 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 2010-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 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
130 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1005 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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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 Apr 8, 3:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 3:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 12:27 PM EDT, 6 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1227 PM EDT THU APR 8 2010

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-
GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-091015-
COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-
HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-
INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-
INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE-SOUTH WALTON-
COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON-
COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL 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-
1227 PM EDT THU APR 8 2010 /1127 AM CDT THU APR 8 2010/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND
PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS.

SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INTO TONIGHT

.DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT...
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST DURING
THIS AFTERNOON IN TO EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. MOST OF THESE
STORMS WILL BE CROSSING THE AREA BEFORE SUNDOWN...AND DURING PEAK
HEATING WITH INSTABILITY AND SHEAR PROFILES SUPPORTIVE OF THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE STORMS. THE STORMS WILL CROSS SOUTHEAST
ALABAMA AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE UNTIL
MID AFTERNOON...CROSS THE EASTERN PANHANDLE...WESTERN BIG BEND
AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND THE EASTERN
PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING.

ALTHOUGH THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS...A FEW HAILERS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES REMAIN POSSIBLE. THE
WEATHER SERVICE ALREADY WARNED FOR A TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AT THE LEADING EDGE OF THE CONVECTION
AROUND 12 PM EDT. THE BEST WINDOW FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN IN
THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THERE IS ALSO A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS
TODAY ALONG THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE BEACHES. ONSHORE
WINDS WILL KICK UP TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS TODAY...SO MARINERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. WINDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED TONIGHT
AS WINDS SHIFT TO OFFSHORE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER IS ON TAP. OUTSIDE OF FIRE
WEATHER ISSUES...THE ONLY WEATHER THREAT WILL BE NOCTURNAL SURGES
ACROSS THE GULF WATERS. EAST OT NORTHEAST WINDS WILL KICK UP TO
EXERCISE CAUTION RANGE EACH NIGHT AND THEN DROP OFF DURING EACH
AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THE FIRST
CONVECTIVE WATCH TODAY.

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.

18-WOOL

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 2:35 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEGadsden, Leon25 min
Apr 8, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMadison50 min
Apr 8, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Leon34 min
Apr 8, 2:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Clay, Early47 min
Apr 8, 3:03 PM EDTTornado WarningTAECalhoun, Clay, Early27 min
Apr 8, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early29 min
Apr 8, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDougherty, Lee29 min
Apr 8, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Lanier, Lowndes32 min
Apr 8, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBen Hill, Irwin, Tift40 min
Apr 8, 11:52 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEDale, Houston23 min
Apr 8, 12:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDale, Henry47 min
Apr 8, 12:55 PM EDTTornado WarningTAECoffee35 min
Apr 8, 1:26 PM EDTTornado WarningTAECoffee, Dale34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.