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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 10, 2012Dale County, Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2012, 1:13 PM CDT for Dale County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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: Jun 10, 2012, 1:13 PM CDT (18:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2012, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Dale County, AL, Houston County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 10, 1:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Sw Marley Hill, AL	TREE AND FENCE DAMAGE REPORTED.

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
Jun 10, 11:41 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 163 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1717 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 478 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 5.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

638 
WUUS52 KTAE 101813
SVRTAE
ALC045-069-101900-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0178.120610T1813Z-120610T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
113 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
  NORTHWESTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 110 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A LINE OF
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8
  MILES WEST OF ARITON TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEVEL PLAINS...OR
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FRISCO TO CHANCELLOR...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  DALEVILLE...FORT RUCKER...OZARK...NEWTON...PINCKARD AND MIDLAND
  CITY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3162 8542 3132 8542 3119 8543 3119 8564
      3120 8579 3162 8579
TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 270DEG 25KT 3162 8583 3119 8584

$$

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1 follow-up statement

966 
WWUS52 KTAE 101836
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
136 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012

ALC045-069-101900-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-120610T1900Z/
DALE AL-HOUSTON AL-
136 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN HOUSTON AND DALE COUNTIES...

AT 133 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM PHILLIPS CROSSROAD TO CLAYHATCHEE...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DYKES
CROSSROADS...KNOX FIELD...BEAMON...HANCHEY FIELD...BLACKWELL FIELD 
A/P...KELLY...ROBERTS CROSSROADS...SKIPPERVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3162 8542 3132 8542 3119 8543 3119 8564
      3120 8579 3162 8579
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 270DEG 25KT 3161 8556 3121 8573

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 10:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Geneva	36 min
Jun 10, 10:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Geneva	26 min
Jun 10, 10:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Geneva	31 min
Jun 10, 11:23 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva	52 min
Jun 10, 12:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva	33 min
Jun 10, 12:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee	57 min
Jun 10, 12:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Geneva	52 min
Jun 10, 1:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Geneva	36 min
Jun 10, 1:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dale, Henry, Houston	53 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.