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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 15, 2016Franklin County, Gulf County, Liberty County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 15, 2016, 5:34 AM EST for Franklin County, Gulf County, Liberty County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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
Jan 15, 2016, 5:34 AM EST (10:34 UTC)
Expired
Jan 15, 2016, 6:00 AM EST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Liberty County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jan 15, 5:35 AM ESTTSTM WND DMG1 Sse Buckhorn, FLTREE DOWN AT HIGHWAY 65 AND BLOODY BLUFF 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 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 2016-01-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2016-01-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 205 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2471 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

780 
WUUS52 KTAE 151034
SVRTAE
FLC037-045-077-151100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0002.160115T1034Z-160115T1100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
534 AM EST FRI JAN 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN THE BIG BEND OF FLORIDA...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN THE BIG BEND OF FLORIDA...
  EAST CENTRAL GULF COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 600 AM EST/500 AM CST/

* AT 534 AM EST /434 AM CST/...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF STONEMILL CREEK TO NEAR
  EASTPOINT TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF ST GEORGE ISLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CARRABELLE...EASTPOINT...ST GEORGE ISLAND...FRANKLIN...OWENS
  BRIDGE...POPLAR CAMP...WILLIS LANDING...BUCK SIDING...YENT PLACE...
  SAINT TERESA...MORGAN PLACE...FORT GADSDEN...CREELS...GREEN
  POINT...HOWARD CREEK...SUMATRA...HAYS PLACE...HIGH BLUFF...LANARK
  VILLAGE AND BEVERLY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 2962 8495 2981 8485 2973 8498 3001 8515
      3014 8468 2998 8452 2992 8433 2991 8453
      2986 8463 2980 8459 2984 8468 2979 8476
      2974 8472 2978 8476 2977 8480 2971 8476
      2976 8480 2974 8487 2967 8487 2968 8483
TIME...MOT...LOC 1034Z 232DEG 61KT 3013 8503 2982 8489 2946 8491 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

15-HARRIGAN
1 follow-up statement
977 
WWUS52 KTAE 151051
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
551 AM EST FRI JAN 15 2016

FLC045-151100-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160115T1100Z/
GULF FL-
551 AM EST FRI JAN 15 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GULF COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 2982 8485 2993 8487 3004 8491 3014 8468
      2998 8452 2992 8433 2991 8453 2986 8463
      2980 8459 2984 8468 2979 8476 2974 8472
      2978 8476 2977 8480 2971 8476 2976 8480
      2975 8484
TIME...MOT...LOC 1050Z 232DEG 61KT 3028 8481 2997 8467 2961 8469 

$$

FLC037-077-151100-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160115T1100Z/
LIBERTY FL-FRANKLIN FL-
551 AM EST FRI JAN 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LIBERTY AND NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES...

AT 550 AM EST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLOUNTSTOWN TO 8 MILES NORTH OF
CARRABELLE TO 11 MILES EAST OF ST GEORGE ISLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
70 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CARRABELLE...GREEN POINT...OWENS BRIDGE...POPLAR CAMP...HIGH BLUFF...
LANARK VILLAGE...MCINTYRE...YENT PLACE...SAINT TERESA AND MORGAN
PLACE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 2982 8485 2993 8487 3004 8491 3014 8468
      2998 8452 2992 8433 2991 8453 2986 8463
      2980 8459 2984 8468 2979 8476 2974 8472
      2978 8476 2977 8480 2971 8476 2976 8480
      2975 8484
TIME...MOT...LOC 1050Z 232DEG 61KT 3028 8481 2997 8467 2961 8469 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

15-HARRIGAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 15, 4:31 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE59 min
Jan 15, 5:04 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Gulf41 min
Jan 15, 5:10 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE65 min
Jan 15, 5:16 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE59 min
Jan 15, 5:53 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE67 min
Jan 15, 5:57 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Liberty, Wakulla48 min
Jan 15, 6:35 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE25 min
Jan 15, 6:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Taylor, Wakulla50 min
Jan 15, 7:43 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie, Lafayette47 min

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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.