Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2016, 2:56 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 49 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
- Mar 17, 2016, 2:56 PM CDT (19:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2016, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 3:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mabson, AL | SEVERAL LARGE PINE TREES SNAPPED AND A POWERLINE DOWN. |
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 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 770 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 798 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
872
WUUS52 KTAE 171956
SVRTAE
ALC031-045-067-069-172045-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0063.160317T1956Z-160317T2045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
256 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
NORTHWESTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
SOUTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 255 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER OZARK...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DALEVILLE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER...HEADLAND...ENTERPRISE...MIDLAND CITY...
LEVEL PLAINS...NEWTON...PINCKARD...NEWVILLE...DILL...MABSON...WATERFORD...
HOOPER STAGE FIELD...LOWE ARMY HELIPORT...BEAMON...KELLY...SYLVAN
GROVE...KLONDYKE HILL AND KNOX FIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3122 8564 3139 8585 3153 8565 3159 8539
3143 8526
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 250DEG 27KT 3141 8566
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
1-WESTON2 follow-up statements
809
WWUS52 KTAE 172011
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
311 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
ALC031-069-172021-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-160317T2045Z/
COFFEE AL-HOUSTON AL-
311 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL COFFEE AND
NORTHWESTERN HOUSTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3143 8526 3127 8559 3127 8566 3125 8567
3126 8568 3132 8577 3151 8562 3159 8539
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 237DEG 19KT 3147 8554
$$
ALC045-067-172045-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-160317T2045Z/
HENRY AL-DALE AL-
311 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN HENRY AND CENTRAL DALE COUNTIES...
AT 311 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
OZARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DALEVILLE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER...HEADLAND...ENTERPRISE...MIDLAND CITY...
LEVEL PLAINS...NEWTON...PINCKARD...NEWVILLE...MABSON...WATERFORD...HOOPER
STAGE FIELD...BEAMON...KELLY...SYLVAN GROVE...KLONDYKE HILL...KNOX FIELD...
GERALD AND DALE COUNTY LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3143 8526 3127 8559 3127 8566 3125 8567
3126 8568 3132 8577 3151 8562 3159 8539
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 237DEG 19KT 3147 8554
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
1-WESTON110
WWUS52 KTAE 172035
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
335 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
ALC045-067-172045-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-160317T2045Z/
HENRY AL-DALE AL-
335 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN HENRY AND NORTHEASTERN DALE COUNTIES...
AT 335 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ABBEVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWVILLE...BAREFIELD CROSSROADS...BERTHA...SNELLS CROSSROADS...BELLS
CROSSROADS AND CAPPS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3143 8526 3138 8537 3154 8551 3159 8539
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 250DEG 27KT 3153 8534
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
1-WESTONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston | 30 min |
| Mar 17, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 38 min |
| Mar 17, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Henry | 45 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.