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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 276, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 25, 2022Lafayette County, Madison County, Taylor County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2022, 4:36 PM EDT for Lafayette County, Madison County, Taylor County, Florida. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 25, 2022, 4:36 PM EDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2022, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lafayette County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 12:00Z on 2022-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 589 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 12:00Z on 2022-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
589 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
982 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 25, 2:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 2:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 25, 2:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
249 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0232 PM     WATER SPOUT      2 E SAINT GEORGE ISLAND 29.66N 84.82W
08/25/2022                   GMZ755             FL   NWS EMPLOYEE

            NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED A WATERSPOUT OFF THE
            SHORE OF SAINT GEORGE ISLAND. A PICTURE CAN
            BE SEEN ON THE NWS TALLAHASSEE TWITTER PAGE.

&&

HANER
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 4:25 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
Issued by National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
425 PM EDT Thu Aug 25 2022

FLZ018-019-252200-
Inland Jefferson FL-Madison FL-
425 PM EDT Thu Aug 25 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Jefferson
and southwestern Madison Counties through 600 PM EDT...

At 424 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 16
miles southeast of Monticello, moving northwest at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Minor flooding due to heavy rain.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor flood impacts including roadway ponding are expected.

Locations impacted include...
Greenville, Moseley Hall, Ebb, Lamont, Aucilla, Eridu and Sirmans.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3030 8360 3030 8375 3042 8392 3054 8371
      3037 8356
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 130DEG 5KT 3035 8370

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

Boothe

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 8:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE117 min
Aug 24, 8:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton41 min
Aug 25, 6:49 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE41 min
Aug 25, 7:37 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE23 min
Aug 25, 8:01 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE29 min
Aug 25, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE44 min
Aug 25, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson95 min
Aug 25, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden, Leon, Liberty35 min
Aug 25, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGulf26 min
Aug 25, 4:53 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningTAEMadison2 hr
Aug 25, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie30 min
Aug 25, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun, Gadsden, Leon30 min
Aug 25, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon26 min
Aug 25, 5:53 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningTAELafayette83 min
Aug 25, 6:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAELafayette70 min
Aug 25, 6:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden35 min
Aug 25, 6:13 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningTAELeon71 min
Aug 25, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE56 min
Aug 25, 6:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAELeon62 min
Aug 25, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay43 min
Aug 25, 6:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBay78 min
Aug 25, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE93 min
Aug 24, 8:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEClay51 min
Aug 25, 12:17 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBerrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lowndes118 min
Aug 25, 2:21 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEDougherty54 min
Aug 25, 7:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBrooks48 min
Aug 25, 7:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAELanier, Lowndes80 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.