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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2016, 3:26 PM CDT for Coffee County, Dale County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 min. 7 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
- Mar 24, 2016, 3:26 PM CDT (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Houston County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 3:26 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Enterprise, AL | DAMAGE WAS REPORTED TO A FEW FENCES WITH A FEW FENCE SECTIONS BLOWN OVER. IN ADDITION, LARGE LIMBS WERE BROKEN OFF TWO TREES. A FLAG POLE WAS ALSO TILTED BY THE WIND TO ABOUT A 35-40 DEGREE ANGLE. |
| Mar 24, 3:34 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Enterprise, AL | |
| Mar 24, 3:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Enterprise, AL | THE COVINGTON ELECTRIC CO-OP REPORTED A BILLBOARD BLOWN ONTO POWERLINES ON RUCKER BLVD. IN ENTERPRISE. |
| Mar 24, 3:37 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 53 | 3 Wnw Fort Rucker, AL | 46 KNOT PEAK WIND AT KLOR AUTOMATED STATION. |
| Mar 24, 3:41 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 45 | 1 Ese Daleville, AL | 39 KNOT PEAK WIND GUST AT KOZR AUTOMATED STATION. |
| Mar 24, 3:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Ariton, AL | TREES BLOWN DOWN ON HIGHWAY 123 GOING TOWARDS ARITON DURING THE MARCH 24TH STORMS. |
| Mar 24, 3:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Ozark, AL | A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON HIGHWAY 231 SOUTH JUST PASSED OZARK. REPORT FROM MARCH 24TH STORMS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 12:18 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 1350 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
477
WUUS52 KTAE 242026
SVRTAE
ALC031-045-069-242100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0072.160324T2026Z-160324T2100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
326 PM CDT THU MAR 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
NORTHWESTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT
* AT 325 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS ACROSS COFFEE COUNTY
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DALEVILLE...ELBA...FORT RUCKER...OZARK...ENTERPRISE...DOTHAN.
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 700 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3153 8619 3154 8614 3162 8615 3162 8551
3119 8548 3120 8549 3119 8603 3151 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 258DEG 44KT 3160 8601
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
9-FOURNIER1 follow-up statement
128
WWUS52 KTAE 242042
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
342 PM CDT THU MAR 24 2016
ALC031-045-069-242100-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-160324T2100Z/
COFFEE AL-HOUSTON AL-DALE AL-
342 PM CDT THU MAR 24 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN COFFEE...NORTHWESTERN HOUSTON AND DALE COUNTIES...
AT 341 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARITON...OR NEAR
BRUNDIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...PUBLIC.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DALEVILLE...FORT RUCKER...OZARK...DOTHAN...ENTERPRISE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3153 8619 3154 8614 3162 8615 3162 8551
3119 8548 3120 8549 3121 8575 3140 8577
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 258DEG 44KT 3164 8578
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
9-FOURNIERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee | 23 min |
| Mar 24, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 36 min |
| Mar 24, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 21 min |
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.