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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 2, 2004Decatur County, Miller County, Seminole County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2004, 2:50 PM EDT for Decatur County, Miller County, Seminole County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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
Jun 2, 2004, 2:50 PM EDT (18:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2004, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Decatur County, GA, Miller County, GA, Seminole County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 2004-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 407 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 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
407 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-117 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
694 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-19 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.

260 
WUUS52 KTAE 021850
SVRTLH
GAC087-201-253-021930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
249 PM EDT WED JUN 2 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
  SOUTHWESTERN MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
  SEMINOLE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 249 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A   
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF       
  DESSER...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF DONALSONVILLE...  MOVING       
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  REYNOLDSVILLE...RIVERTURN BY 255 PM EDT...
  LITTLE HOPE BY 300 PM EDT...
  LELA...DONALDSONVILLE MUNI AIRPORT BY 305 PM EDT...
  IRON CITY...SHARPHAGEN BY 310 PM EDT...
  BRINSON BY 315 PM EDT...

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

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF 
POSSIBLE. 


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. 

LAT...LON 3100 8499 3077 8489 3090 8452 3118 8474

$$

10-BOLINSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Early44 min
Jun 2, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDougherty, Lee, Terrell24 min
Jun 2, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDougherty, Lee, Worth44 min

Nearby

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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.