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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 25, 2003Ben Hill County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 2003, 11:13 AM EDT for Ben Hill County, Georgia. It was in force for 17 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 25, 2003, 11:13 AM EDT (15:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2003, 11:30 AM EDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ben Hill County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 187 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2003-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 109 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2003-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 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
109 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-260 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1059 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
283 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

975 
WUUS52 KTAE 251513
SVRTLH
GAC017-251530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1113 AM EDT FRI APR 25 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BEN HILL COUNTY IN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT

* AT 1113 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS 5 MILES WEST OF RED
  BLUFF...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF FITZGERALD...MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RED BLUFF BY 1115 AM EDT...

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS DAMAGING WINDS. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO
POSSIBLE.

LAT...LON 3179 8308 3172 8308 3173 8279 3187 8282

$$

22-BARRY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 10:13 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEDecatur, Grady47 min
Apr 25, 10:33 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEMitchell27 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.