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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 3, 2003Berrien County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2003, 12:03 AM EDT for Berrien County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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
May 3, 2003, 12:03 AM EDT (04:03 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2003, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Berrien County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 2, 11:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 00:00Z on 2003-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2213 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 00:00Z on 2003-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
2213 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1192 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

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

158 
WUUS52 KTAE 030403
SVRTLH
GAC019-030430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1203 AM EDT SAT MAY 3 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BERRIEN COUNTY IN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT

* AT 1203 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS 4 MILES NORTH OF ENIGMA...
  OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OCILLA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ALAPAHA...GLADYS BY 1205 AM EDT...
  GLORY BY 1210 AM EDT...
  WEBER BY 1215 AM EDT...

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TALLAHASSEE. OR YOU
CAN ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE DIRECTLY AT
850-942-8833 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER. 

LAT...LON 3149 8335 3138 8342 3116 8316 3122 8304 3146 8315

$$

8-JAMSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 11:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBen Hill, Irwin, Turner63 min
May 2, 11:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETift, Worth24 min
May 3, 12:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELanier, Lowndes43 min
May 3, 12:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Thomas27 min
May 3, 1:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELowndes22 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.