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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 14, 2003Thomas County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2003, 6:07 PM EST for Thomas County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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
Mar 14, 2003, 6:07 PM EST (23:07 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 2003, 6:45 PM EST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Thomas County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 2003-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 52 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 2003-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
52 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-151 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
964 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 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.

412 
WUUS52 KTAE 142307
SVRTLH
GAC275-142345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
ISSUED BY NWS JACKSONVILLE FL
606 PM EST FRI MAR 14 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  THOMAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 645 PM EST

* AT 606 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  THOMASVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  THOMASVILLE AT 615 PM EST...
  LAKE RIVERSIDE AT 625 PM EST...
  DILLON AT 640 PM EST AND
  EASON AT 645 PM EST.

VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE.

LAT...LON 3104 8407 3071 8408 3075 8375 3103 8375
$$

SANDRIK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 7:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELee17 min
Mar 14, 5:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGrady32 min
Mar 14, 6:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEThomas30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.