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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 203, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2015, 1:15 PM CDT for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 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
- Jun 30, 2015, 1:15 PM CDT (18:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2015, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Coffee County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 1:38 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Elba, AL | TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT ELBA. |
| Jun 30, 1:56 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Nne New Brockton, AL | TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT COFFEE COUNTY. |
| Jun 30, 2:02 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 55 | 3 N Enterprise, AL | 55 MPH WIND GUST AT KSXS |
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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 23 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 1270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1012 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
009
WUUS52 KTAE 301815
SVRTAE
ALC031-301900-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0203.150630T1815Z-150630T1900Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
115 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 200 PM CDT
* AT 115 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER DOZIER...OR
14 MILES SOUTH OF LUVERNE...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELBA...ENTERPRISE...FORT RUCKER...NEW BROCKTON...LEE...
CLINTONVILLE...RICHBURG...COPPINVILLE...BLUFF SPRING...ZOAR...CARL
FOLSOM A/P...DANLEYS CROSSROADS...JAVA...CAMP ALAFLO BSA...ARCUS...
WISE MILL...MIXONS CROSSROADS...CAMP HUMMING HILLS...VICTORIA AND
JACK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL
THIS STORM PASSES.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...
IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3153 8619 3153 8616 3154 8616 3154 8614
3159 8614 3157 8580 3130 8580 3138 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 278DEG 42KT 3151 8636
$$
18-WOOL1 follow-up statement
682
WWUS52 KTAE 301844
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
144 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 2015
ALC031-301900-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0203.000000T0000Z-150630T1900Z/
COFFEE AL-
144 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL COFFEE COUNTY...
AT 143 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELBA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELBA...ENTERPRISE...FORT RUCKER...NEW BROCKTON...LEE...
CLINTONVILLE...VICTORIA...RICHBURG...COPPINVILLE...LOWRY MILL...CARL
FOLSOM A/P...JAVA...WOODLAND GROVE CHURCH...EANON...TABERNACLE...CAMP
ALAFLO BSA...ARCUS...WISE MILL...MIXONS CROSSROADS AND CAMP HUMMING
HILLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN TALLAHASSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3150 8612 3153 8611 3156 8600 3157 8587
3156 8581 3130 8580 3140 8614 3149 8613
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 276DEG 41KT 3147 8602
$$
18-WOOLWhat 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 30, 8:14 AM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 8:14 AM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
914 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015
...SOME SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...
.NEAR TERM [THROUGH TODAY]...
THE MORNING ANALYSIS DEPICTS UPPER LEVEL TROUGHING STRETCHING FROM
THE GREAT LAKES TO THE SOUTHEAST STATES WITH AN MCS ORGANIZING
ACROSS PORTIONS OF MS AND AL AND PROPAGATING SOUTHEASTWARD. THE
AIRMASS AHEAD OF IT IS MOIST AND UNSTABLE WITH A RATHER IMPRESSIVE
12Z KTAE SOUNDING. THE SOUNDING DEPICTS STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE
RATES FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR AROUND 6.7 C/KM AND SBCAPE ALREADY
OVER 2000 J/KG. THERE ARE ALSO SOME ABOVE AVERAGE UPPER LEVEL
WINDS WITH 700 MB WINDS OVER 30 KNOTS...WHICH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO
ABOVE AVERAGE SHEAR FOR THIS TIME YEAR. UNLIKE THE PAST COUPLE OF
MORNINGS...THERE IS NOT MUCH CLOUD COVER OR EARLY CONVECTION
ACROSS THE AREA...AND THIS WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO STRONGER
DESTABILIZATION THIS AFTERNOON.
GIVEN THESE FACTORS...AN ACTIVE AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED WITH
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING. THE
IMPRESSIVE THERMODYNAMICS COUPLED WITH SHEAR THAT IS A BIT ABOVE
NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR THANKS TO THE UNUSUALLY DEEP UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH ARE EXPECTED TO YIELD SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS
WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. HOWEVER...SOME LARGE
HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE GIVEN THE STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES. IT
WAS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT A GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORT WAS
RECEIVED WITH THE CONVECTION BACK IN CENTRAL ALABAMA EARLIER THIS
MORNING. THE LAST SEVERAL RUNS OF THE HRRR HAVE SHOWN EXPLICIT 50
KNOT GUSTS WITH CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH IS ANOTHER SIGN
THAT THE ENVIRONMENT IS FORECAST TO BE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
STORMS.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION [628 AM EDT]...
.SHORT TERM [TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY]...
THE BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH COVERING THE EASTERN CONUS WILL REMAIN
IN PLACE WITH A FEW IMPULSES ROUNDING IT'S BASE IMPACTING THE LOCAL
REGION. AT THE SURFACE, THE AXIS OF THE WESTERN EXTENSION OF THE
BERMUDA RIDGE WILL STAY SOUTH OF THE LOCAL AREA KEEPING LOW LEVEL
WINDS OUT OF THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST. WITH PLENTIFUL MOISTURE IN PLACE
ALONG WITH INCREASED INSTABILITY, WE SEE A FAIRLY ACTIVE PERIOD FOR
CONVECTION. ALTHOUGH THE HIGHEST POPS WILL BE DURING THE DAYTIME,
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD LINGER INTO THE EVENING
BOTH DAYS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER
90S AND LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S.
.LONG TERM [THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY]...
BY FRIDAY, MID TO UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL BEGIN TO EXTEND WESTWARD
FROM THE WESTERN ATLANTIC BECOMING MORE ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE GULF
OVER THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE EASTERN TROUGH SLOWLY DE-
AMPLIFIES. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO SLIGHTLY WARMER AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES (MID 90S VS LOWER 90S) ALONG WITH BELOW NORMAL RAIN
CHANCES.
.AVIATION...
[THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY]... MVFR CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE
IN THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. INCLUDED VCTS AT ECP AND TLH THIS MORNING
AND AT OTHER TERMINALS STARTING EARLY AFTERNOON. OUTSIDE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS.
.MARINE...
WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE TO CAUTIONARY LEVELS LATER THIS
MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. CONDITIONS DROP BELOW
HEADLINE LEVELS ON WEDNESDAY AND GRADUALLY IMPROVE LATER THIS WEEK
THROUGH THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER
THE LOCAL WATERS.
.FIRE WEATHER...
TODAY WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE. WITH RH ABOVE
CRITICAL THRESHOLDS, THERE ARE NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS.
.HYDROLOGY...
ALTHOUGH RAIN CHANCES WILL BE FAIRLY HIGH THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF
THE WEEK, RELATIVELY STRONG WEST WINDS WILL KEEP THE CONVECTION
MOVING QUICKLY, AVOIDING HIGH RAINFALL TOTALS IN ALL BUT A FEW
SPOTS. SOME RIVERS HAVE RISEN FROM HEAVIER RAINS LAST WEEK, BUT
ALL WERE BELOW THEIR LOCAL ACTION STAGES, AND THIS WILL LIKELY
CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TALLAHASSEE 91 74 92 73 92 / 60 40 50 30 50
PANAMA CITY 87 78 88 76 89 / 50 40 40 30 40
DOTHAN 91 71 92 72 91 / 60 50 50 30 50
ALBANY 92 71 93 71 92 / 60 50 40 30 60
VALDOSTA 91 72 92 73 92 / 60 40 50 30 60
CROSS CITY 90 74 91 73 91 / 50 30 50 30 40
APALACHICOLA 88 78 88 77 90 / 50 30 40 30 30
&&
.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR
COASTAL BAY-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL GULF-SOUTH WALTON.
GA...NONE.
AL...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&
NEAR TERM...DVD
SHORT TERM...BARRY
LONG TERM...BARRY
AVIATION...WESTON
MARINE...BARRY
FIRE WEATHER...WESTON
HYDROLOGY...FOURNIER/CAMPIn the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 30, 11:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1225 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1212 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 N THOMASVILLE 30.88N 83.97W
06/30/2015 THOMAS GA 911 CALL CENTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN JUST NORTH OF THOMASVILLE. NUMEROUS
POWERLINES ALSO DOWN. ADDITIONAL REPORT IN THE COUNTY OF
LIGHTNING STRIKING A HOME.
&&
GODSEYLocal storm report, Jun 30, 12:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
104 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 N WILLIS 30.59N 85.18W
06/30/2015 JACKSON FL 911 CALL CENTER
TREE DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SR 73 AND HASTY POND
ROAD.
&&
GODSEYLocal storm report, Jun 30, 12:34 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
134 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0119 PM TSTM WND DMG SNEADS 30.71N 84.92W
06/30/2015 JACKSON FL 911 CALL CENTER
COUPLE TREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR SNEADS.
&&
GODSEYLocal storm report, Jun 30, 12:39 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
139 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0102 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 ENE HAHIRA 31.01N 83.30W
06/30/2015 LOWNDES GA 911 CALL CENTER
TREE DOWN ACROSS NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY.
0124 PM TSTM WND DMG LAKE PARK 30.68N 83.19W
06/30/2015 LOWNDES GA 911 CALL CENTER
A FEW TREES DOWN AROUND LAKE PARK.
&&
GODSEYLocal storm report, Jun 30, 12:45 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
145 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0131 PM TSTM WND DMG MOUNT PLEASANT 30.66N 84.69W
06/30/2015 GADSDEN FL 911 CALL CENTER
A COUPLE TREES DOWN IN MT PLEASANT.
0140 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 N QUINCY 30.59N 84.58W
06/30/2015 GADSDEN FL 911 CALL CENTER
ONE TREE DOWN NORTH OF QUINCY.
&&
GODSEYLocal storm report, Jun 30, 1:09 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
209 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0119 PM TSTM WND GST 1 W SEMINOLE STATE PARK 30.79N 84.90W
06/30/2015 M60 MPH SEMINOLE GA MESONET
MESONET SITE AT SNEADS LANDING MEASURED 60 MPH WINDS.
&&
GODSEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Henry, Houston | 51 min |
| Jun 30, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.