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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 23, 2015Coffee County, Dale County, Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2015, 4:39 PM CDT for Coffee County, Dale County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 min. 7 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 23, 2015, 4:39 PM CDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2015, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Houston County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 23, 4:47 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 68	Cairns Aaf, AL	59 KNOT...68 MPH...PEAK WIND GUST MEASURED AT CAIRNS ARMY AIR FIELD...KOZR. UPDATED FROM AN EARLIER REPORT.
Jun 23, 4:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sw Fort Rucker, AL	LARGE TREE UPROOTED NEAR LYSTER ARMY HEALTH CLINIC PER POST TO WTVY-TV FACEBOOK PAGE.
Jun 23, 4:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Daleville, AL	MULTIPLE TREES REPORTED DOWN AND BLOCKING ROADWAYS IN SOUTHERN DALE COUNTY. ALL OF DALEVILLE REPORTED TO BE WITHOUT POWER.
Jun 23, 4:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Daleville, AL	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE DALEVILLE AREA PER A REPORT ON THE WTVY-TV FACEBOOK PAGE. ANOTHER REPORT OF A ROOF OFF A STRUCTURE IN THE DALEVILLE AREA.
Jun 23, 4:53 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 63	Cairns Aaf, AL	55 KNOT...63 MPH...GUST MEASURED AT CAIRNS ARMY AIR FIELD...KOZR.
Jun 23, 5:12 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 S Pinckard, AL	TREE BLOWN DOWN ONTO A VEHICLE JUST OFF HIGHWAY 84...VIA A PICTURE POSTED TO WTVY-TV FACEBOOK PAGE.
Jun 23, 5:12 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Wicksburg, AL	MULTIPLE REPORTS OF TREES DOWN IN THE WICKSBURG AREA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 7 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 8 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 157 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: 1423 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 890 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

555 
WUUS52 KTAE 232139
SVRTAE
ALC031-045-069-232230-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0170.150623T2139Z-150623T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
439 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
  SOUTHERN DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 439 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
  MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER DALEVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DALEVILLE...DOTHAN...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER...MIDLAND
  CITY...LEVEL PLAINS...NEWTON...PINCKARD...CLAYHATCHEE...GRIMES...
  NAPIER FIELD...GREEN ACRES...JONES CROSSROADS...WATERFORD...LOWE
  ARMY HELIPORT...WICKSBURG...HOLLIS DAIRY ROAD...KELLY AND SYLVAN
  GROVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3145 8543 3120 8541 3120 8549 3119 8575
      3120 8577 3135 8579
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 314DEG 10KT 3131 8571 

$$

1-WESTON

1 follow-up statement

001 
WWUS52 KTAE 232213
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
513 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2015

ALC031-232221-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0170.000000T0000Z-150623T2230Z/
COFFEE AL-
513 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3138 8543 3120 8541 3120 8549 3119 8575
      3120 8577 3130 8578
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 314DEG 10KT 3125 8563 

$$

ALC045-069-232230-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0170.000000T0000Z-150623T2230Z/
HOUSTON AL-DALE AL-
513 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN HOUSTON AND SOUTHERN DALE COUNTIES...

AT 511 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR DALEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

IN ADDITION...AT 5:54 CDT, A 68 MPH GUST WAS REPORTED NEAR OZARK.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DALEVILLE...DOTHAN...FORT RUCKER...MIDLAND CITY...LEVEL PLAINS...
NEWTON...PINCKARD...CLAYHATCHEE...GRIMES...NAPIER FIELD...GREEN
ACRES...W. MAIN/BRANNON ST...JONES CROSSROADS...WICKSBURG...HOLLIS
DAIRY ROAD...KELLY...SYLVAN GROVE...KNOX FIELD...POWER DAM ROAD AND
KELLY SPRINGS.

LAT...LON 3138 8543 3120 8541 3120 8549 3119 8575
      3120 8577 3130 8578
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 314DEG 10KT 3125 8563 

$$

1-WESTON

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 Jun 23, 2:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 2:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
321 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015

.NEAR TERM [THROUGH TONIGHT]...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONGOING ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. WITH
PLENTY OF LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AND STEEP LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES, CAPE
VALUES ARE RUNNING 3000-4000J/KG, WITH A FEW STORMS OCCASIONALLY
REACHING MARGINALLY SEVERE LEVELS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON WITH THE FOCUS LIKELY
SHIFTING NORTH AND WEST WITH TIME.

WITH THE EARLY ONSET OF CONVECTION OVER THE EASTERN ZONES, COOLER
TEMPERATURES HAVE PRECLUDED REACHING HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA.
NORTHERN AND WESTERN AREAS ARE STILL APPROACHING THESE CRITERIA, SO
WILL MAINTAIN THE ADVISORY FOR THESE AREAS AND DROP THE ADVISORY FOR
THE FLORIDA BIG BEND.

.SHORT TERM [WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT]...

UPPER LEVEL RIDGING CENTERED NORTHWEST OF THE LOCAL REGION WEDNESDAY
WILL WEAKEN AS IT SLIDES EASTWARD THURSDAY. AT THE SURFACE, THE
WESTERN EXTENSION OF THE BERMUDA RIDGE AXIS WILL REMAIN OVER OR
JUST SOUTH OF OUR COASTAL WATERS. ELSEWHERE, A SURFACE THROUGH
EXTENDING SWWD INTO CENTRAL GA FROM A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN
THE CARLOINA'S WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE MEAN 1000-700MB
FLOW WILL BE MODERATE FROM THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST (< 10 KTS) BOTH
DAYS (SEA BREEZE REGIME 4). FORECAST PW'S WILL BE AROUND 2.0"
WEDNESDAY AND AROUND 1.75" THURSDAY WITH SLIGHTLY DRYER AIR
FILTERING IN THE MID LEVELS. BASED ON RADAR COVERAGE TODAY AND THE
ABOVE MENTIONED SYNOPTIC SITUATION, WENT ABOVE MOS POP GUIDANCE.
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES SHOULD GENERALLY BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S
BUT IT APPEARS WE WILL JUST BE UNDER HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA.

.LONG TERM [FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY]...

THE UPPER PATTERN TRANSITIONS TO BECOME HIGHLY AMPLIFIED WITH A
SHARP RIDGE OUT WEST AND A DEEP TROUGH IN THE EAST OVER THE
WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL BRING INCREASING CHANCES
FOR WIDESPREAD CONVECTION TO THE AREA, ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY AS
MODELS SHOW A SURFACE FRONT/TROUGH PUSHING INTO OUR CWA FROM THE
NORTH WITH DEEP LAYER MOISTURE IN PLACE. THIS BOUNDARY MAY SLIP
JUST ENOUGH TO THE SOUTH TO BRING A DRIER AIRMASS TO AT LEAST OUR
NORTHERN ZONES BY MONDAY. MAX TEMPS WILL BE BELOW OR NEAR CLIMO
(UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S) EACH DAY WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID
70S.

&&

.AVIATION...

[THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY] THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ALL AREA TERMINALS
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THEREAFTER
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD.

&&

.MARINE...

LIGHT WINDS AND A WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN SHOULD GENERALLY KEEP
WINDS BELOW 10 KNOTS AND SEAS 2 FEET OR LESS. DAILY INCREASES IN
WINDS TO AROUND 10-15 KNOTS AND AN INCREASING CHOP ARE LIKELY EACH
DAY IN THE AFTERNOON NEAR THE COAST WITH THE SEA BREEZE CIRCULATION.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...

DISPERSION INDICES WILL BE HIGH IN THE AFTERNOONS ON WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY DUE TO HIGH MIXING HEIGHTS. THERE ARE NO OTHER FIRE
WEATHER CONCERNS.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...

AFTERNOON SEA-BREEZE STORMS WILL BRING SCATTERED RAINFALL TO THE
AREA THROUGH THE WEEK, WITH RAINFALL TOTALS REMAINING LOW. NO
WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS EXPECTED.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...

TALLAHASSEE   76  94  75  94  76 /  20  50  20  50  30
PANAMA CITY   80  91  78  88  79 /  20  40  20  40  30
DOTHAN        76  97  75  95  75 /  30  60  20  50  30
ALBANY        76  97  75  96  75 /  30  40  20  50  30
VALDOSTA      75  96  75  96  75 /  30  40  20  50  30
CROSS CITY    76  92  74  92  76 /  30  40  20  40  30
APALACHICOLA  79  92  79  91  79 /  20  20  20  30  30

&&

.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT /5 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR CALHOUN-
     CENTRAL WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL GULF-
     HOLMES-INLAND BAY-INLAND FRANKLIN-INLAND GULF-JACKSON-NORTH
     WALTON-SOUTH WALTON-WASHINGTON.

GA...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR BAKER-CALHOUN-CLAY-
     DECATUR-DOUGHERTY-EARLY-GRADY-LEE-MILLER-MITCHELL-QUITMAN-
     RANDOLPH-SEMINOLE-TERRELL-THOMAS.

AL...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR COFFEE-DALE-
     GENEVA-HENRY-HOUSTON.

GM...NONE.

&&

NEAR TERM...CAMP
SHORT TERM...BARRY
LONG TERM...BARRY
AVIATION...CAMP
MARINE...BARRY
FIRE WEATHER...WESTON
HYDROLOGY...DVD

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 23, 2:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
321 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0235 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 S SUMATRA             29.98N 84.98W
06/23/2015                   FRANKLIN           FL   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN ON HWY 65 IN FRANKLIN COUNTY NEAR THE LIBERTY
            COUNTY BORDER.

&&

MOORE

Local storm report, Jun 23, 3:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
424 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0416 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 E HOPEFUL             31.17N 84.36W
06/23/2015                   MITCHELL           GA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES BLOWN DOWN ON HIGHWAY 65 IN MITCHELL CO.

&&

08-LAMERS

Local storm report, Jun 23, 3:55 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
455 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0431 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NNE STEINHAM STORE    31.06N 84.53W
06/23/2015                   DECATUR            GA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 253 IN DECATUR COUNTY.

0428 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 E MOUNT PLEASANT      31.02N 84.43W
06/23/2015                   DECATUR            GA   911 CALL CENTER

            ANOTHER REPORT OF TREES DOWN IN DECATUR COUNTY.

&&

08-LAMERS

Local storm report, Jun 23, 3:56 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
456 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0357 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SW TEMPY              31.42N 83.85W
06/23/2015                   WORTH              GA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN ON BRIDGEBORO-ANDERSON CITY RD 1 MI E OF HWY
            133.

&&

MOORE

Local storm report, Jun 23, 4:30 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
530 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0430 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 W DOERUN              31.31N 83.96W
06/23/2015                   COLQUITT           GA   911 CALL CENTER

            A COUPLE TREES BLOWN DOWN IN COLQUITT COUNTY INCLUDING ON
            HIGHWAY 270 NEAR DOERUN.

&&

08-LAMERS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Geneva, Houston	44 min
Jun 23, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Geneva	24 min
Jun 23, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee	40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2015 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015

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.