Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 2016, 6:19 PM CST for Coffee County, Geneva County, Alabama; Holmes County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 41 min. 2 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
- Feb 15, 2016, 6:19 PM CST (00:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2016, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Coffee County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Holmes County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 6:50 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sse Glendale, FL | TREE DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 185 NEAR BARTLETT ROAD |
| Feb 15, 6:50 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Darlington, FL | TREES DOWN ON OTTER POND ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY 2 |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 12:02 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 940 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 366 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 383 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
330
WUUS52 KTAE 160019
SVRTAE
ALC031-061-FLC059-131-160100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0017.160216T0019Z-160216T0100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
619 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
WESTERN GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
NORTHWESTERN HOLMES COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
NORTHWESTERN WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 700 PM CST
* AT 618 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW BROCKTON TO NEAR FORT
WALTON BEACH--NAVARRE--WRIGHT...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GENEVA...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...ENTERPRISE...SAMSON...EGLIN AIR FORCE
BASE...UNION...LIBERTY...PAXTON...KINSTON...COFFEE SPRINGS...
SOMERSET...PLEASANT HILL...BATTENS CROSSROADS...CENTRAL CITY...
SELLERSVILLE...GASKIN...OAKWOOD HILLS...PLEASANT RIDGE...INO AND
COOL SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3096 8639 3099 8636 3100 8619 3121 8619
3127 8615 3128 8579 3111 8580 3045 8632
3039 8633 3046 8638 3039 8638 3038 8633
3038 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 251DEG 51KT 3128 8603 3043 8673
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
15-HARRIGAN1 follow-up statement
242
WWUS52 KTAE 160050
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
650 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016
ALC031-061-FLC059-131-160100-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160216T0100Z/
COFFEE AL-GENEVA AL-HOLMES FL-WALTON FL-
650 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE...WESTERN GENEVA...NORTHWESTERN HOLMES AND
NORTHWESTERN WALTON COUNTIES...
AT 650 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEWTON TO NEAR EGLIN AIR FORCE
BASE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GENEVA...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...ENTERPRISE...SAMSON...EGLIN AIR FORCE
BASE...UNION...LIBERTY...COFFEE SPRINGS...SOMERSET...ROYALS
CROSSROADS...VILLA TASSO...PLEASANT HILL...PINEY GROVE...LYTLE...
BATTENS CROSSROADS...CENTRAL CITY...SELLERSVILLE...MARL...GASKIN AND
OAKWOOD HILLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3099 8616 3127 8595 3128 8579 3111 8580
3045 8632 3039 8633 3046 8638 3039 8638
3038 8633 3038 8639 3068 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 251DEG 51KT 3142 8553 3058 8624
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
15-HARRIGANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 6:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 38 min |
| Feb 15, 6:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 60 min |
| Feb 15, 7:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry, Houston | 54 min |
| Feb 15, 7:09 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 96 min | |
| Feb 15, 7:11 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 94 min | |
| Feb 15, 7:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Jackson, Washington | 62 min |
| Feb 15, 8:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jackson | 42 min |
| Feb 15, 8:36 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 54 min | |
| Feb 15, 9:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gulf, Liberty, Wakulla | 47 min |
| Feb 15, 9:23 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 97 min | |
| Feb 15, 9:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Taylor and 1 more | 45 min |
| Feb 15, 9:54 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 96 min | |
| Feb 15, 10:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla | 32 min |
| Feb 15, 10:52 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 53 min | |
| Feb 16, 2:24 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton | 16 hr |
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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.