Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2011, 3:36 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 39 min. 3 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
- Mar 27, 2011, 3:36 PM CDT (20:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2011, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Houston County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 3:43 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Estothel, AL | REPORTED BY SPOTTER NEAR HWY 52...ESTOTHEL COMMUNITY. |
| Mar 27, 4:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Piney Grove, AL | |
| Mar 27, 4:10 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | Piney Grove, AL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 8:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 1068 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 6.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
844 WUUS52 KTAE 272036 SVRTAE ALC031-045-061-069-272115- /O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0033.110327T2036Z-110327T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 336 PM CDT SUN MAR 27 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWESTERN DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LOWE ARMY HELIPORT...HANCHEY ARMY HELIPORT... GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... EXTREME NORTHWESTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 415 PM CDT * AT 330 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 21 MILES WEST OF SAMSON...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANDALUSIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW BROCKTON...LEVEL PLAINS...HARTFORD...GENEVA...FORT RUCKER... ENTERPRISE AND DALEVILLE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE. LAT...LON 3135 8620 3146 8559 3101 8565 3104 8620 TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 275DEG 34KT 3121 8631 $$ 85-GIBBS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 12:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 61 min |
| Mar 27, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 50 min |
| Mar 27, 1:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry, Houston | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry, Houston | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee | 22 min |
| Mar 27, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 14 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.