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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 12, 2002Brooks County, Lowndes County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 2002, 5:46 PM EDT for Brooks County, Lowndes County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 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 12, 2002, 5:46 PM EDT (21:46 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 2002, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Brooks County, GA, Lowndes County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 2002-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 199 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 2002-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 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
199 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
575 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KTAE 122146
SVRTLH
GAC027-185-122230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
546 PM EDT FRI APR 12 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BROOKS COUNTY IN GEORGIA
  LOWNDES COUNTY IN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT...

* AT 546 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  BRIGGSTON...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF VALDOSTA...MOVING NORTHWEST 
  AT 25 MPH. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  KINDERLOU BY 550 PM EDT...
  DURDEN...BLUE SPRINGS BY 555 PM EDT...
  QUITMAN BY 600 PM EDT...
  FODIE...SHIVER BY 605 PM EDT...
  SPAIN...DIXIE BY 610 PM EDT...

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS LARGE HAIL.


LAT...LON 3064 8343 3073 8328 3103 8352 3102 8372
          3078 8373

.END

17-GOULD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.