Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 5, 20157 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2015, 11:28 AM CDT for 7 counties in Florida. It was in force for 92 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
Jul 5, 2015, 11:28 AM CDT (16:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Wakulla County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 5, 11:48 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nne Tallahassee, FLPOWER LINES DOWNED AND SOME TREE LIMBS ON 6TH STREET. VIA A TWEET AND PHOTO FROM THE CITY OF TALLAHASSEE.
Jul 5, 11:48 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 Nne Tallahassee, FLTREE DOWN ON POWER LINES ALONG WAVERLY ROAD
Jul 5, 11:48 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGN Helen, FLTREE DOWN ON POWER LINES NEAR INTERSECTION OF SPRINGHILL ROAD AND HELEN GUARD STATION ROAD
Jul 5, 11:55 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 Nw Baum, FLTREE DOWN ON POWER LINES ON TAN MOUSE ROAD
Jul 5, 11:55 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGSouthwood, FLTREE DOWN
Jul 5, 12:02 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ene Capitola, FLTREE DOWN ON CORBY CT BLOCKING THE ENTIRE ROAD
Jul 5, 12:15 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 Ene Crawfordville, FLTREETOP DOWN ON POWERLINE AT 1360 SHADEVILLE RD.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 26 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 2015-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1478 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 2015-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1478 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
821 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KTAE 051628
SVRTAE
FLC005-013-039-045-073-077-129-051800-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0252.150705T1628Z-150705T1800Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1228 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GULF COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  WAKULLA COUNTY IN THE BIG BEND OF FLORIDA...
  LEON COUNTY IN THE BIG BEND OF FLORIDA...
  SOUTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  EAST CENTRAL BAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  CENTRAL GADSDEN COUNTY IN THE BIG BEND OF FLORIDA...
  LIBERTY COUNTY IN THE BIG BEND OF FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 200 PM EDT/100 PM CDT/

* AT 1228 PM EDT /1128 AM CDT/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS
  DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR
  STONEMILL CREEK... OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOUNTSTOWN...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WOODVILLE...CRAWFORDVILLE...TALLAHASSEE...ST. MARKS...HAVANA...
  MIDWAY...QUINCY...BLOUNTSTOWN...STONEMILL CREEK...ORANGE...
  WAKULLA...WEWAHITCHKA...BRISTOL...SOPCHOPPY...BETHEL...STATE
  CAPITAL COMPLEX...EIGHT MILE POND...TALLAHASSEE MALL...CLIO AND
  NEWPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3001 8455 3001 8543 3004 8539 3026 8544
      3069 8433 3067 8401 3052 8398 3052 8404
      3044 8407 3012 8408 3008 8420 3011 8427
      3007 8428 3008 8434 3005 8434 3006 8435
      3007 8435 2998 8451
TIME...MOT...LOC 1628Z 238DEG 37KT 3024 8516

$$

42-DVD
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KTAE 051656
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1256 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2015

FLC005-013-051706-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-150705T1800Z/
CALHOUN FL-BAY FL-
1256 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CALHOUN AND EAST
CENTRAL BAY COUNTIES IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA IS CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3001 8455 3001 8524 3020 8523 3020 8512
      3037 8504 3036 8500 3040 8503 3037 8500
      3069 8433 3067 8401 3052 8398 3052 8404
      3044 8407 3012 8408 3008 8420 3011 8427
      3007 8428 3009 8428 2998 8451
TIME...MOT...LOC 1656Z 270DEG 47KT 3006 8515 3037 8430

$$

FLC039-045-073-077-129-051800-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-150705T1800Z/
GULF FL-WAKULLA FL-LEON FL-GADSDEN FL-LIBERTY FL-
1256 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM
EDT/100 PM CDT/ FOR NORTHEASTERN GULF...WAKULLA...LEON...CENTRAL
GADSDEN AND LIBERTY COUNTIES...

AT 1256 PM EDT /1156 AM CDT/...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
WEWAHITCHKA TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF TALLAHASSEE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WOODVILLE...CRAWFORDVILLE...TALLAHASSEE...ST. MARKS...HAVANA...
MIDWAY...QUINCY...STONEMILL CREEK...ORANGE...WAKULLA...WEWAHITCHKA...
SOPCHOPPY...BETHEL...STATE CAPITAL COMPLEX...EIGHT MILE POND...
TALLAHASSEE MALL...CLIO...NEWPORT...LAKE BRADFORD AND CHAIRES
CROSSROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3001 8455 3001 8524 3020 8523 3020 8512
      3037 8504 3036 8500 3040 8503 3037 8500
      3069 8433 3067 8401 3052 8398 3052 8404
      3044 8407 3012 8408 3008 8420 3011 8427
      3007 8428 3009 8428 2998 8451
TIME...MOT...LOC 1656Z 270DEG 47KT 3006 8515 3037 8430

$$

42-DVD
767 
WWUS52 KTAE 051708
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
108 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2015

FLC039-045-051718-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-150705T1800Z/
GULF FL-GADSDEN FL-
108 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GULF AND CENTRAL
GADSDEN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3001 8505 3010 8503 3016 8498 3029 8496
      3029 8493 3038 8434 3044 8407 3012 8408
      3008 8420 3011 8427 3007 8428 3009 8428
      2998 8451 3001 8455
TIME...MOT...LOC 1708Z 284DEG 43KT 3003 8501 3033 8416 

$$

FLC073-077-129-051800-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-150705T1800Z/
WAKULLA FL-LEON FL-LIBERTY FL-
108 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT
FOR WAKULLA...SOUTHERN LEON AND SOUTHERN LIBERTY COUNTIES...

AT 108 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF WEWAHITCHKA TO NEAR WOODVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ST. MARKS...WOODVILLE...CRAWFORDVILLE...TALLAHASSEE...WAKULLA...
SOPCHOPPY...JEWEL FIRE TOWER...HYDE PARK...NATURAL BRIDGE...BETHEL...
CURTIS MILL...CENTRAL CITY...EIGHT MILE POND...WILMA...PORT LEON...
BELAIR...TULLY...HILLIARDVILLE...EAST CAMP AND NEWPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3001 8505 3010 8503 3016 8498 3029 8496
      3029 8493 3038 8434 3044 8407 3012 8408
      3008 8420 3011 8427 3007 8428 3009 8428
      2998 8451 3001 8455
TIME...MOT...LOC 1708Z 284DEG 43KT 3003 8501 3033 8416 

$$

42-DVD
352 
WWUS52 KTAE 051742
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
142 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2015

FLC073-077-051751-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-150705T1800Z/
LEON FL-LIBERTY FL-
142 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LEON AND SOUTHERN
LIBERTY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3001 8453 3002 8457 3007 8463 3013 8467
      3022 8468 3026 8474 3030 8471 3030 8425
      3027 8424 3027 8408 3012 8408 3010 8420
      3008 8420 3011 8427 3007 8428 3009 8428
      3007 8436 3005 8436 2998 8451
TIME...MOT...LOC 1741Z 260DEG 35KT 3012 8435 

$$

FLC129-051800-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-150705T1800Z/
WAKULLA FL-
142 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT
FOR WAKULLA COUNTY...

AT 141 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CRAWFORDVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ST. MARKS...CRAWFORDVILLE...WOODVILLE...WAKULLA...SOPCHOPPY...HYDE
PARK...SPRING CREEK...MEDART...BETHEL...CURTIS MILL...PORT LEON...
TULLY...HILLIARDVILLE...BUCKHORN...NEWPORT...SHADEVILLE...SANBORN...
PLUM ORCHARD...WAKULLA SPRINGS AND ARRAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3001 8453 3002 8457 3007 8463 3013 8467
      3022 8468 3026 8474 3030 8471 3030 8425
      3027 8424 3027 8408 3012 8408 3010 8420
      3008 8420 3011 8427 3007 8428 3009 8428
      3007 8436 3005 8436 2998 8451
TIME...MOT...LOC 1741Z 260DEG 35KT 3012 8435 

$$

42-DVD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 8:51 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE54 min
Jul 5, 9:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Holmes, Walton, Washington53 min
Jul 5, 9:44 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 hr
Jul 5, 9:47 AM CDTRip Current StatementTAEFranklin13 hr
Jul 5, 10:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington55 min
Jul 5, 10:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Gulf, Washington62 min
Jul 5, 11:36 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 hr
Jul 5, 12:18 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 hr
Jul 5, 12:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Madison, Taylor58 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2015Every 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.