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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 375, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 29, 2015Holmes County, Walton County, Washington County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2015, 4:44 PM CDT for Holmes County, Walton County, Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 46 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: Jul 29, 2015, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)
Expired: Jul 29, 2015, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Holmes County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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
Jul 29, 4:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Five Points, FL	SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES CAUSED BY A COMBINATION BY TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES FROM STRONG WINDS AND LIGHTNING HITTING TRANSFORMERS.

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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 1 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 138 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: 568 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1542 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 49 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.

663 
WUUS52 KTAE 292144
SVRTAE
FLC059-131-133-292230-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0375.150729T2144Z-150729T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
444 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  SOUTHEASTERN WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  SOUTHEASTERN HOLMES COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 444 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED NEAR BONIFAY...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  VERNON...BONIFAY...CHIPLEY...BRADFORD...LIVE OAK...WAUSAU...
  HULAW...PORTER LAKE...GREENHEAD...SMYRNA...RIVERSIDE...SPRING
  HOLLOW...BROCK CROSSROAD...POPLAR HEAD...WHITEHEAD CROSSROADS...
  FIVE POINTS...MILLERS FERRY...JOHNSON CROSSROADS...SYLVANIA AND
  HOLMES VALLEY.

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 3083 8575 3080 8557 3044 8551 3046 8593
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 015DEG 15KT 3071 8571 

$$

11-MOORE

1 follow-up statement

751 
WWUS52 KTAE 292206
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
506 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2015

FLC059-292215-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0375.000000T0000Z-150729T2230Z/
HOLMES FL-
506 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HOLMES 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 3071 8581 3070 8565 3044 8556 3046 8593
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 015DEG 15KT 3062 8574 

$$

FLC131-133-292230-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0375.000000T0000Z-150729T2230Z/
WASHINGTON FL-WALTON FL-
506 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN WALTON COUNTIES...

AT 505 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED OVER VERNON...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VERNON...LIVE OAK...WHITEHEAD CROSSROADS...GREENHEAD...SMYRNA...
RIVERSIDE...SPRING HOLLOW...MILLERS FERRY...SYLVANIA...RED HEAD AND
HOLMES VALLEY.

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.

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 3071 8581 3070 8565 3044 8556 3046 8593
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 015DEG 15KT 3062 8574 

$$

11-MOORE

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 Jul 29, 2:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 2:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
359 PM EDT WED JUL 29 2015

.Near Term [Through Tonight]...

Today's convection is being forced by two separate features. The
convection west of the Apalachicola and Chattahoochee rivers is
likely due to an MCV spawned from yesterday's convection over the
Ohio and Tennessee Valleys. The convection to the east appears to
be generated from a residual surface outflow boundary from the
same convective cluster just mentioned. With 2500-3500 J/kg SBCAPE
around, plus marginally high dTheta-E values, there remains a
chance for some isolated strong to severe downburst winds within
the strongest storms. Additionally, unseasonably high PWATs would
suggest the potential for some heavy rainfall, especially in areas
where storm motion slows due to boundary interactions.

Heat indices are still running in the 109-113 range according to
area ASOS readings, with high temperatures in the middle to upper
90s. Sunset or a thunderstorm looks to be the only relief this
afternoon. A heat advisory remains in effect for much of the
region.

.Short Term [Thursday Through Friday Night]...

The upper pattern will begin to change during this period as the
upper ridge begins to retreat westward as a trough bulges into the
Southeast. At the surface a cold front will pass through the
Appalachians on Thursday, and stall out across the Tri-State
region by Friday. Convection on Thursday will likely be the result
of any remnant boundaries as well as the Gulf Coast seabreezes,
with no upstream MCS influence at this time. By Friday, the
forcing becomes a bit more complicated with influences from the
aforementioned front, a surface trough/low, and the seabreeze
fronts. In general, expect high PoPs each afternoon, highest on
Friday.

High temperatures will remain above average tomorrow as convection
will likely hold off until the afternoon. Borderline heat advisory
conditions will be possible. On Friday, more convective coverage
on a not so diurnal time frame should keep temperatures in the
lower 90s, with heat advisory conditions not expected.

.Long Term [Saturday Through Wednesday]...

It appears as though the wet pattern will continue through the
extended range forecast as several shortwaves keep the eastern
CONUS trough extending into the Southeast. Additionally, at the
surface, the stalled front is expected to linger through the
period, only gradually weakening each day. Expect above normal
PoPs and near normal high temperatures each day.

&&

.Aviation...
[Through 18Z Thursday]

VFR will prevail outside of thunderstorms this afternoon, with all
terminals keeping high rain chances through this evening. Gusty
winds around 30 knots and heavy rain are common in this
afternoon's storms. Most of the storms will have diminished by
06z, with VFR prevailing through the rest of the TAF.

&&

.Marine...

Southwest winds below headline levels will prevail for the next
several days. Late this week, into the weekend, there will be a
possibility for some brief cautionary level winds. Thunderstorms
will be numerous over the waters each night, with scattered storms
each afternoon.

&&

.Fire Weather...

An active weather pattern in place will keep rain chances and
relative humidity values high, preventing us from reaching red flag
criteria for the next week.

&&

.Hydrology...

Rain chances increase today through the rest of the week. Five day
estimated rain totals indicate that 3 to 4 inches is likely along
the coast, especially in the southeastern Big Bend. Elsewhere, 1.5
to 2.5 inches is likely. Area rivers are still below action stage.
With the heaviest rainfall expected near the coast, river flooding
is not expected.

&&

.Preliminary Point Temps/PoPs...

Tallahassee   77  91  76  90  75 /  60  50  30  60  40
Panama City   80  88  79  88  78 /  50  50  30  60  40
Dothan        76  93  75  92  74 /  30  50  40  50  40
Albany        76  93  76  90  74 /  70  50  30  50  40
Valdosta      76  90  75  89  74 /  70  50  30  60  40
Cross City    77  87  76  88  75 /  60  50  30  60  40
Apalachicola  79  88  79  88  78 /  50  50  30  60  40

&&

.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

FL...Heat Advisory until 6 PM EDT /5 PM CDT/ this evening for Calhoun-
     Central Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Dixie-Coastal Franklin-
     Coastal Gulf-Coastal Jefferson-Coastal Taylor-Coastal
     Wakulla-Gadsden- Holmes-Inland Bay-Inland Dixie-Inland
     Franklin-Inland Gulf-Inland Jefferson-Inland Taylor-Inland
     Wakulla-Jackson- Lafayette-Leon- Liberty-Madison-North
     Walton- South Walton- Washington.

GA...Heat Advisory until 6 PM EDT this evening for Baker-Brooks-
     Calhoun-Clay-Decatur-Dougherty-Early-Grady-Lanier-Lee-
     Lowndes-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...HARRIGAN
SHORT TERM...HARRIGAN
LONG TERM...HARRIGAN
AVIATION...HARRIGAN
MARINE...HARRIGAN
FIRE WEATHER...MOORE
HYDROLOGY...MCDERMOTT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 29, 2:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
341 PM EDT WED JUL 29 2015

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

0248 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 WSW MOODY AFB         30.95N 83.27W
07/29/2015                   LOWNDES            GA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN

&&

MCDERMOTT

Local storm report, Jul 29, 2:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
343 PM EDT WED JUL 29 2015

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

0324 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NNE CHERRY LAKE       30.61N 83.41W
07/29/2015                   MADISON            FL   911 CALL CENTER

            VERY LARGE OAK TREE BLOWN DOWN BLOCKING CHERRY LAKE
            CIRCLE. WIRES ALSO DOWN AT THIS LOCATION.

&&

08-LAMERS

Local storm report, Jul 29, 3:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
403 PM EDT WED JUL 29 2015

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

0350 PM     TSTM WND GST     CROSS CITY AIRPORT      29.63N 83.11W
07/29/2015  M51 MPH          DIXIE              FL   ASOS

            44 KNOT PEAK GUST AT THE CROSS CITY ASOS...KCTY.

&&

08-LAMERS

Local storm report, Jul 29, 3:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
430 PM EDT WED JUL 29 2015

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

0308 PM     TSTM WND DMG     VALDOSTA                30.85N 83.28W
07/29/2015                   LOWNDES            GA   911 CALL CENTER

            SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN WITHIN THE
            CITY LIMITS OF VALDOSTA.

&&

08-LAMERS

Local storm report, Jul 29, 3:46 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
446 PM EDT WED JUL 29 2015

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

0435 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E MOSELEY HALL        30.35N 83.53W
07/29/2015                   MADISON            FL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE DOWN

&&

MCDERMOTT

Local storm report, Jul 29, 3:52 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
452 PM EDT WED JUL 29 2015

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

0435 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SE AUCILLA            30.44N 83.71W
07/29/2015                   MADISON            FL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE DOWN ON I-10 BLOCKING RIGHT LANE OF WESTBOUND
            TRAFFIC.

&&

MCDERMOTT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 1:52 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	15 hr
Jul 29, 1:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	49 min
Jul 29, 1:39 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		51 min
Jul 29, 2:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Taylor	38 min
Jul 29, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Madison	34 min
Jul 29, 2:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dixie, Taylor	38 min
Jul 29, 2:38 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		67 min
Jul 29, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dixie	65 min
Jul 29, 3:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Taylor	3 hr
Jul 29, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Madison, Taylor	49 min
Jul 29, 3:42 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		63 min
Jul 29, 3:53 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		67 min
Jul 29, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Taylor	37 min
Jul 29, 3:54 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		66 min
Jul 29, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Jackson, Washington	47 min
Jul 29, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Franklin, Gulf, Liberty	53 min
Jul 29, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Taylor	31 min
Jul 29, 4:55 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		65 min
Jul 29, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		63 min
Jul 29, 5:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Gadsden	42 min
Jul 29, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Walton, Washington	34 min
Jul 29, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun	51 min
Jul 29, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		63 min
Jul 29, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Gadsden	48 min
Jul 29, 6:47 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		58 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.