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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 1, 2016Randolph County, Georgia; Dale County, Henry County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 1, 2016, 7:56 AM EDT for Randolph County, Georgia; Dale County, Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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
Apr 1, 2016, 7:56 AM EDT (11:56 UTC)
Expired
Apr 1, 2016, 8:30 AM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dale County, AL, Henry County, AL, Randolph County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 1, 7:26 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC12 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 2016-04-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 643 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 2016-04-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 183 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
643 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
675 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

As transmitted.

561 
WUUS52 KTAE 011156
SVRTAE
ALC045-067-GAC243-011230-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0087.160401T1156Z-160401T1230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
756 AM EDT FRI APR 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
  NORTHEASTERN DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
  SOUTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 830 AM EDT/730 AM CDT/

* AT 755 AM EDT/655 AM CDT/...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BLUE SPRINGS STATE PARK...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING
  EAST AT 45 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ABBEVILLE...SCOTTSBORO CROSSROADS...SHORTERVILLE...ROBERTS CROSSROADS...
  DOUBLE BRIDGES...SCREAMER...COATES...THOMAS MILL CREEK...GRABALL...
  ABBEVILLE MUNICIPAL A/P...CLOPTON...EDWIN...OTHO...LAWRENCEVILLE AND
  WALTER F. GEORGE LOCK AND DAM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT/200 PM CDT/ FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3176 8513 3174 8512 3170 8513 3166 8508
      3164 8509 3162 8506 3157 8506 3156 8552
      3162 8554 3162 8542 3171 8542 3170 8522
      3171 8521 3174 8521 3177 8515
TIME...MOT...LOC 1155Z 258DEG 40KT 3163 8541 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JLF
1 follow-up statement
733 
WWUS52 KTAE 011213
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
713 AM CDT FRI APR 1 2016

ALC045-GAC243-011222-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-160401T1230Z/
DALE AL-RANDOLPH GA-
713 AM CDT FRI APR 1 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DALE AND RANDOLPH
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3176 8513 3174 8512 3170 8513 3166 8508
      3164 8509 3162 8506 3157 8506 3157 8527
      3170 8532 3170 8522 3171 8521 3174 8521
      3177 8515
TIME...MOT...LOC 1212Z 258DEG 40KT 3167 8518 

$$

ALC067-011230-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-160401T1230Z/
HENRY AL-
713 AM CDT FRI APR 1 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY...

AT 712 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RICHARDS
CROSSROADS...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ABBEVILLE...SCOTTSBORO CROSSROADS...DOUBLE BRIDGES...SCREAMER...COATES...
THOMAS MILL CREEK...OTHO...LAWRENCEVILLE...GRABALL...ABBEVILLE MUNICIPAL
A/P...WALTER F. GEORGE LOCK AND DAM AND SHORTERVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3176 8513 3174 8512 3170 8513 3166 8508
      3164 8509 3162 8506 3157 8506 3157 8527
      3170 8532 3170 8522 3171 8521 3174 8521
      3177 8515
TIME...MOT...LOC 1212Z 258DEG 40KT 3167 8518 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

18-WOOL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 8:52 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAEGrady, Thomas5 days
Apr 1, 8:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Clay, Randolph32 min
Apr 1, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Randolph, Terrell32 min
Apr 1, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lowndes, Thomas and 1 more48 min
Apr 1, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes33 min
Apr 1, 7:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee, Dale41 min
Apr 1, 10:38 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAEDale4 days
Apr 1, 10:38 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAEGeneva4 days
Apr 1, 11:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee, Dale47 min
Apr 1, 12:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAECoffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston3 hr
Apr 1, 12:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAECoffee, Dale, Henry, Houston2 hr
Apr 1, 2:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEGeneva, Houston2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.