Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 3, 2016, 6:50 PM CST for Henry County, Houston County, Alabama; Early County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2016, 6:50 PM CST (00:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2016, 7:17 PM CST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Early County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1378 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
915
WUUS52 KTAE 040050
SVRTAE
ALC067-069-GAC099-040130-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0052.160304T0050Z-160304T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
750 PM EST THU MAR 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
NORTHWESTERN EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 830 PM EST/730 PM CST/
* AT 750 PM EST /650 PM CST/...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLAKELY TO KINSEY...
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLAKELY...HEADLAND...DOTHAN...KINSEY...WEBB...COLUMBIA...
CENTERVILLE...HALEBURG...GRANDBERRY CROSSROADS...PLEASANT PLAINS...
SMYRNA...FERRELL CROSSROADS...PEARCE...EARLY CO A/P...COLOMOKEE...
BARBER...SIGMA...SAWHATCHEE...ROCK HILL AND KOLOMOKI MOUNDS SP.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3149 8503 3149 8500 3150 8494 3150 8482
3149 8482 3150 8480 3148 8480 3147 8481
3145 8479 3144 8479 3143 8477 3119 8496
3125 8548 3152 8503
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 272DEG 40KT 3145 8507 3129 8537
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
42-DVD2 follow-up statements
158
WWUS52 KTAE 040108
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
808 PM EST THU MAR 3 2016
ALC067-069-GAC099-040130-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160304T0130Z/
HOUSTON AL-HENRY AL-EARLY GA-
808 PM EST THU MAR 3 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM
EST/730 PM CST/ FOR NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON...SOUTHEASTERN HENRY AND
NORTHWESTERN EARLY COUNTIES...
AT 808 PM EST/708 PM CST/...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BLAKELY TO NEAR ASHFORD...MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLAKELY...HEADLAND...DOTHAN...KINSEY...WEBB...COLUMBIA...CENTERVILLE...
GRANDBERRY CROSSROADS...PLEASANT PLAINS...SMYRNA...PEARCE...EARLY CO A/P...
BARBER...SIGMA...SAWHATCHEE...ROCK HILL...FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT AND
HILTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3140 8501 3142 8496 3144 8489 3150 8482
3149 8482 3150 8480 3148 8480 3147 8481
3145 8479 3144 8479 3143 8477 3119 8496
3125 8548 3135 8532 3138 8508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 275DEG 42KT 3141 8484 3125 8519
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
42-DVD377
WWUS52 KTAE 040117
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
817 PM EST THU MAR 3 2016
ALC067-069-GAC099-040127-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160304T0130Z/
HOUSTON AL-HENRY AL-EARLY GA-
817 PM EST THU MAR 3 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON...
SOUTHEASTERN HENRY AND NORTHWESTERN EARLY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TALLAHASSEE.
LAT...LON 3140 8501 3142 8496 3144 8489 3150 8482
3149 8482 3150 8480 3148 8480 3147 8481
3145 8479 3144 8479 3143 8477 3119 8496
3125 8548 3135 8532 3138 8508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 272DEG 40KT 3141 8475 3125 8510
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 6:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 48 min |
| Mar 3, 8:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 58 min |
| Mar 3, 9:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady, Thomas | 40 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2016Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.