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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 11, 2023Dale County, Henry County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2023, 4:33 PM CDT for Dale County, Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 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: Jun 11, 2023, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2023, 5:01 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Dale County, AL, Henry County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 228 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 430 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 899 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jun 11, 3:51 PM CDT, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 3:51 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
320 PM CDT Sun Jun 11 2023

ALZ065-066-112100-
Dale AL-Coffee AL-
320 PM CDT Sun Jun 11 2023

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northern Dale and
northern Coffee Counties through 400 PM CDT...

At 319 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 9 miles northeast of Elba to near Ariton to 7
miles southeast of Doster. Movement was northeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Ozark, Fort Rucker, Ariton, Lee, Mixons Crossroads, Bells Crossroads,
Dill, Lowry Mill, Arguta, Snells Crossroads, Wise Mill, Roeton, Dale
County Lake, Marley Hill, Clowers Crossroads, Phillips Crossroads,
Arcus, Hwy 231 Pea River Bridge, Jack and Java.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3162 8542 3148 8542 3147 8581 3149 8614
      3162 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 223DEG 13KT 3155 8601 3158 8578 3155 8562

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

73-YOUNG

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:12 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 6:11 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	TAE	Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon and 3 more	3 hr
Jun 11, 11:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	27 min
Jun 11, 1:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	52 min
Jun 11, 1:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	51 min
Jun 11, 2:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	46 min
Jun 11, 2:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Leon	2 hr
Jun 11, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	45 min
Jun 11, 11:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Miller	32 min
Jun 11, 1:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks	47 min
Jun 11, 3:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Colquitt	42 min
Jun 11, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay	43 min
Jun 11, 6:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Colquitt	41 min
Jun 11, 6:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Irwin	43 min
Jun 10, 11:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Coffee	29 min
Jun 11, 12:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Coffee	34 min
Jun 11, 3:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Coffee	13 min
Jun 11, 3:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dale	40 min
Jun 11, 4:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Henry	48 min
Jun 11, 4:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Henry	46 min
Jun 11, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dale	46 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.