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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 15, 20165 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 2016, 6:45 PM CST for 5 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Florida. It was in force for 60 min. 12 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, 6:45 PM CST (00:45 UTC)
Expired
Feb 15, 2016, 7:45 PM CST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 15, 6:49 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG1 Wsw Dykes Crossroads, ALTREE DOWN ON EAST COUNTY ROAD 19 NEAR INTERSECTION WITH COUNTY ROAD 70
Feb 15, 6:50 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG2 Sse Glendale, FLTREE DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 185 NEAR BARTLETT ROAD
Feb 15, 6:50 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGDarlington, FLTREES DOWN ON OTTER POND ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY 2
Feb 15, 6:57 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG4 Wsw Santa Rosa Beach, FLTREES DOWN IN TOPSILL STATE PARK
Feb 15, 7:00 PM CSTMARINE TSTM WIND 423 S Santa Rosa Beach, FL42 MPH /36 KNOT/ GUST MEASURED NEAR THE WALTON COUNTY COASTLINE BY A PERSONAL WEATHER STATION.
Feb 15, 7:05 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG4 Sse Edwin, ALTREE DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 75.
Feb 15, 7:08 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGPonce De Leon, FLTREE DOWN IN PONCE DE LEON
Feb 15, 7:15 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGSlocomb, ALTREE DOWN ON THE STATE HIGHWAY IN SLOCOMB
Feb 15, 7:22 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG1 Nw Inlet Beach, FLHIGH TENSION POWER LINE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 98 NEAR BREAKERS STREET RESULTING IN A LARGE POWER OUTAGE
Feb 15, 7:22 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG1 S Bonifay, FLTREE DOWN JUST SOUTH OF BONIFAY
Feb 15, 7:33 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG1 N Chipley, FLTREE DOWN ON THE CORNER OF A CARPORT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CHIPLEY. OTHER REPORTS OF TREE DAMAGE IN CHIPLEY. PUBLIC REPORTS TO WMBB-TV FACEBOOK PAGE.
Feb 15, 7:36 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGWausau, FLNUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN THROUGHOUT WASHINGTON COUNTY

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 15, 12:02 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 00:00Z on 2016-02-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 42 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 366 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

178 
WUUS52 KTAE 160045
SVRTAE
ALC031-045-061-067-069-FLC005-059-063-131-133-160145-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0019.160216T0045Z-160216T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
645 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
  HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
  GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
  HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
  DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
  NORTHWESTERN BAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  HOLMES COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 745 PM CST

* AT 645 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED 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 BLUE SPRINGS STATE PARK TO NEAR DESTIN...AND MOVING EAST AT 50
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PANAMA CITY BEACH...DALEVILLE...ABBEVILLE...COTTONWOOD...VERNON...
  DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...OZARK...BONIFAY...FORT RUCKER...HEADLAND...
  ENTERPRISE...CHIPLEY...GENEVA...GRACEVILLE...DOTHAN...HARTFORD...
  TAYLOR...MIDLAND CITY...KINSEY AND ASHFORD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 3064 8639 3162 8567 3162 8542 3171 8542
      3170 8522 3177 8515 3154 8504 3128 8511
      3111 8521 3028 8585 3023 8590 3031 8612
      3038 8639 3039 8611 3045 8616 3047 8613
      3046 8616 3050 8620 3046 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 272DEG 43KT 3160 8551 3037 8642 

$$

15-HARRIGAN
2 follow-up statements
489 
WWUS52 KTAE 160103
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
703 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016

ALC031-160112-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160216T0145Z/
COFFEE AL-
703 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 3039 8625 3039 8611 3045 8616 3048 8614
      3046 8616 3050 8620 3049 8625 3060 8622
      3120 8579 3162 8555 3162 8542 3171 8542
      3170 8522 3177 8515 3154 8504 3128 8511
      3111 8521 3028 8585 3023 8590 3038 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 272DEG 43KT 3159 8531 3036 8622 

$$

ALC045-061-067-069-FLC005-059-063-131-133-160145-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160216T0145Z/
HOUSTON AL-GENEVA AL-HENRY AL-DALE AL-BAY FL-WASHINGTON FL-WALTON FL-
HOLMES FL-JACKSON FL-
703 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CST
FOR HOUSTON...EASTERN GENEVA...HENRY...DALE...NORTHWESTERN BAY...
WASHINGTON...WALTON...HOLMES AND NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES...

AT 702 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR ABBEVILLE TO SANTA ROSA BEACH...MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PANAMA CITY BEACH...DALEVILLE...ABBEVILLE...COTTONWOOD...VERNON...DE
FUNIAK SPRINGS...OZARK...BONIFAY...HEADLAND...CHIPLEY...GENEVA...
GRACEVILLE...DOTHAN...FORT RUCKER...HARTFORD...TAYLOR...MIDLAND
CITY...KINSEY...ASHFORD AND SLOCOMB.

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 3039 8625 3039 8611 3045 8616 3048 8614
      3046 8616 3050 8620 3049 8625 3060 8622
      3120 8579 3162 8555 3162 8542 3171 8542
      3170 8522 3177 8515 3154 8504 3128 8511
      3111 8521 3028 8585 3023 8590 3038 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 272DEG 43KT 3159 8531 3036 8622 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

15-HARRIGAN
176 
WWUS52 KTAE 160133
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
733 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016

ALC045-160143-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160216T0145Z/
DALE AL-
733 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DALE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3177 8515 3154 8504 3128 8511 3111 8521
      3023 8590 3030 8608 3044 8602 3072 8579
      3129 8542 3160 8524 3170 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 272DEG 43KT 3158 8489 3035 8581 

$$

ALC061-067-069-FLC005-059-063-131-133-160145-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160216T0145Z/
HOUSTON AL-GENEVA AL-HENRY AL-BAY FL-WASHINGTON FL-WALTON FL-
HOLMES FL-JACKSON FL-
733 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CST
FOR HOUSTON...SOUTHEASTERN GENEVA...HENRY...NORTHWESTERN BAY...
CENTRAL WASHINGTON...WALTON...EASTERN HOLMES AND NORTHWESTERN JACKSON
COUNTIES...

AT 733 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF EDISON TO 9 MILES NORTH OF PANAMA CITY
BEACH...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PANAMA CITY BEACH...ABBEVILLE...COTTONWOOD...VERNON...CHIPLEY...
BONIFAY...GRACEVILLE...HEADLAND...DOTHAN...TAYLOR...KINSEY...
ASHFORD...COWARTS...WEBB...COLUMBIA...LIVE OAK...MALVERN...
REHOBETH...AVON AND NEWVILLE.

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. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3177 8515 3154 8504 3128 8511 3111 8521
      3023 8590 3030 8608 3044 8602 3072 8579
      3129 8542 3160 8524 3170 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 272DEG 43KT 3158 8489 3035 8581 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

15-HARRIGAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 6:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee, Geneva41 min
Feb 15, 6:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee, Dale38 min
Feb 15, 7:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHenry, Houston54 min
Feb 15, 7:09 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE96 min
Feb 15, 7:11 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE94 min
Feb 15, 7:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Gulf, Jackson, Washington62 min
Feb 15, 8:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Jackson42 min
Feb 15, 8:36 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE54 min
Feb 15, 9:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Gulf, Liberty, Wakulla47 min
Feb 15, 9:23 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE97 min
Feb 15, 9:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Taylor and 1 more45 min
Feb 15, 9:54 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE96 min
Feb 15, 10:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla32 min
Feb 15, 10:52 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE53 min
Feb 16, 2:24 AM CSTRip Current StatementTAEBay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton16 hr

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.