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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 8, 2014Jefferson County, Leon County, Wakulla County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2014, 4:28 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Leon County, Wakulla County, Florida. It was in force for 47 min. 10 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
Jun 8, 2014, 4:28 PM EDT (20:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2014, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Wakulla County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 8, 4:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 N Tallahassee, FLLARGE TREE BRANCH BLOWN ONTO WEST CAROLINA STREET
Jun 8, 4:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Sw Woodville, FLMULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN THE BOB MILLER ROAD AREA
Jun 8, 4:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 W Woodville, FLSTEEPLE OF ST PETER PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH ON OAK RIDGE ROAD BLOWN OVER
Jun 8, 4:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG6 Ese Tallahassee, FLTREE DOWN ON GREY FOX RUN
Jun 8, 4:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Ne Fallschase, FLMULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON MICCOSUKEE RD.
Jun 8, 4:47 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGSsw Woodville, FLTREE DOWN ON SAGE RUN LANE.
Jun 8, 4:50 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Wnw Baum, FLTREE DOWN ON CRUMP AND OPAL ROADS.
Jun 8, 4:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGSse Baum, FLMULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON BAUM ROAD.
Jun 8, 5:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 S Concord, FLTREE DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MAHAN DRIVE AND VETERANS MEMORIAL ROAD
Jun 8, 5:15 PM EDTHAIL 0.883 Wnw Baum, FL

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 8, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 21 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 2014-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 659 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2014-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
659 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
924 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.8

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The text

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

022 
WUUS52 KTAE 082028
SVRTAE
FLC065-073-129-082115-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0113.140608T2028Z-140608T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
428 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MONTICELLO...
  SOUTHEASTERN LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TALLAHASSEE...
  NORTHEASTERN WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 426 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
  MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODVILLE...OR NEAR LUTTERLOH...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SOUTHWOOD...RALFORD GREENWAY...VEREEN...APALACHEE REGIONAL PARK...
  WAKULLA...CHAIRES...BAUM...CHAIRES CROSSROADS...CAPITOLA...NATURAL
  BRIDGE...NEWPORT...LLOYD...CODY...LIMESTONE...FANLEW...LOIS...
  WACISSA...WACISSA SPRINGS...WAUKEENAH...MONTIVILLA...THOMAS CITY
  AND CASA BLANCO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL
THIS STORM PASSES.

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
HEAR THE SOUND OF THUNDER TO TAKE COVER.

&&

LAT...LON 3056 8386 3011 8405 3027 8439 3051 8426
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 291DEG 21KT 3032 8426

$$

17-GOULD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 5:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson, Madison58 min
Jun 8, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Leon44 min
Jun 8, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Leon, Wakulla39 min
Jun 8, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Wakulla38 min
Jun 8, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Leon, Wakulla50 min
Jun 8, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE57 min
Jun 8, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton39 min
Jun 8, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes50 min
Jun 8, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Madison47 min
Jun 8, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton38 min
Jun 8, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson46 min
Jun 8, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson, Walton41 min
Jun 8, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson52 min
Jun 8, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson31 min
Jun 8, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELafayette26 min
Jun 8, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Jackson46 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.