Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2006, 2:30 PM EDT for Baker County, Mitchell County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 8, 2006, 2:30 PM EDT (18:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2006, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Baker County, GA, Mitchell County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 10:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1769 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 496 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 7.9
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 8, 11:05 AM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 11:05 AM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1105 AM EDT SAT APR 8 2006 .DISCUSSION... THE 13 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A COLD FRONT APPROACHING MOBILE FROM THE WEST...AND AN EAST-WEST ORIENTED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY BETWEEN ALBANY AND MACON IN GEORGIA. OUR ENTIRE FORECAST AREA IS IN THE WARM SECTOR AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WITH PROJECTED MLCAPE BETWEEN 2000-2500 J/KG (MODERATELY UNSTABLE). WHILE THE 0-1 KM VERTICAL WIND SHEAR IS NOT THAT IMPRESSIVE (24 KNOTS AT VALDOSTA)...THE 0-6 KM VERTICAL SHEAR IS (59 KNOTS AT VALDOSTA). THIS COMBINATION OF CAPE...DEEP LAYER VERTICAL WIND SHEAR...PLENTIFUL BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE...AND SYNOPTIC SCALE ASCENT (AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH AND COLD FRONT) WILL ENHANCE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL...BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE AFOREMENTIONED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...WHERE THE 0-1 KM SHEAR WILL BE ENHANCED. IT WOULD BE UNUSUAL FOR A SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IN THIS AREA AHEAD OF A POSITIVE TILTED UPPER TROUGH (THE NEGATIVE TILTED ONES USUALLY GIVE THIS AREA PROBLEMS)...BUT THE SYNOPTIC SCALE PARAMETERS APPEAR FAVORABLE. && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. && FOURNIER
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 4:49 AM EDT, 9 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 449 AM EDT SAT APR 8 2006 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ750- 755-770-775-090900- BAKER GA-BAY FL-BEN HILL GA-BERRIEN GA-BROOKS GA-CALHOUN GA- CALHOUN FL-CLAY GA-COASTAL WALTON FL-COFFEE AL-COLQUITT GA-COOK GA- DALE AL-DECATUR GA-DIXIE FL-DOUGHERTY GA-EARLY GA-FRANKLIN FL- GADSDEN FL-GENEVA AL-GRADY GA-GULF FL-HENRY AL-HOLMES FL-HOUSTON AL- INLAND WALTON FL-IRWIN GA-JACKSON FL-JEFFERSON FL-LAFAYETTE FL- LANIER GA-LEE GA-LEON FL-LIBERTY FL-LOWNDES GA-MADISON FL-MILLER GA- MITCHELL GA-QUITMAN GA-RANDOLPH GA-SEMINOLE GA-TAYLOR FL-TERRELL GA- THOMAS GA-TIFT GA-TURNER GA-WAKULLA FL-WASHINGTON FL-WORTH GA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ADEL...ALBANY...APALACHICOLA... ASHBURN...BAINBRIDGE...BLAKELY...BLOUNTSTOWN...BONIFAY...CAIRO... CALLAWAY...CAMILLA...CARRABELLE...CHIPLEY...COLQUITT...COTTONWOOD... CRAWFORDVILLE...CROSS CITY...CUTHBERT...DALEVILLE...DAWSON... DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...DONALSONVILLE...DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...ELBA... ENTERPRISE...FITZGERALD...FORT GAINES...FORT RUCKER...GENEVA... GEORGETOWN...HEADLAND...LAKELAND...LEESBURG...MADISON...MARIANNA... MAYO...MONTICELLO...MORGAN...MOULTRIE...NASHVILLE...NEWTON... OCILLA...OZARK...PANAMA CITY...PANAMA CITY BEACH...PELHAM...PERRY... PORT ST. JOE...PUTNEY...QUITMAN...SANTA ROSA BEACH...ST. MARKS... STEINHATCHEE...SYLVESTER...TALLAHASSEE...THOMASVILLE...TIFTON... VALDOSTA AND VERNON 449 AM EDT SAT APR 8 2006 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST ALABAMA THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE EASTWARD INTO SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BY MIDDAY...AND INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND IN THE AFTERNOON. THIS LINE HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER...NAMELY STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND TORNADOES. IT LOOKS PROBABLE THAT THIS LINE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER AS IT MOVES THROUGH OUR AREA. WIND GUSTS UP TO OR EXCEEDING 80 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY ALONG THIS LINE AS WELL AS SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE EAST OF THE AREA BY SUNSET TONIGHT ALTHOUGH A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER THROUGH MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN ON SUNDAY...USHERING IN DRIER AND SOMEWHAT COOLER TEMPERATURES. THE EXTENDED FORECAST REMAINS DRY UNTIL LATE NEXT WEEKEND WHEN ANOTHER SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK...THEN SLOWLY WARM TO A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE SECOND HALF. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... WITH THE APPROACHING SEVERE WEATHER...SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY. .RIP CURRENTS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES. A RIP CURRENT IS A STRONG NARROW CURRENT OF WATER FLOWING FROM THE BEACH THROUGH THE SURF ZONE. IT CAN RAPIDLY CARRY A SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE VIA OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TLH/ OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS. 23-MCNATT
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 11:36 AM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1136 AM EDT SAT APR 8 2006 GAZ120-081600- QUITMAN- 1136 AM EDT SAT APR 8 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR QUITMAN COUNTY... * UNTIL NOON EDT AT 1132 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES EAST OF CLAYTON...OR 10 MILES WEST OF EUFAULA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND PRODUCING NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. 38-GODSEY
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 12:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1205 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2006 FLZ007-008-081645- COASTAL WALTON-INLAND WALTON- 1205 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR WALTON COUNTY... * UNTIL 1145 AM CDT AT 1102 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CRESTVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. 38-GODSEY
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 1:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 100 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2006 FLZ007-081730- INLAND WALTON- 100 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR WALTON COUNTY... * UNTIL 130 PM EDT(1230 PM CDT) AT 1200 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL WAS RECENTLY REPORTED...BUT THE STORM HAS SHOWN A WEAKENING TREND AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE ONLY PEA SIZE HAIL. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. ALSO...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. 38-GODSEY
Local storm report, Apr 8, 1:34 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
134 PM EDT SAT APR 08 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1255 PM TSTM WND DMG 7 N DE FUNIAK SPRINGS 30.82N 86.12W
04/08/2006 WALTON FL LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROOF BLOWN OFF CARPORT
&&
WATSONSpecial weather statement, Apr 8, 2:13 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 213 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2006 FLZ017-018-027-081915- JEFFERSON-LEON-WAKULLA- 213 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON...LEON AND WAKULLA COUNTIES... * UNTIL 315 PM EDT AT 208 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MONTICELLO TO 13 MILES EAST OF WOODVILLE TO CRAWFORDVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN WAKULLA...SOUTHEASTERN LEON AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CRAWFORDVILLE...MONTICELLO AND WOODVILLE...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY REPORT SIGNIFICANT 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. 12-WATSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 12:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 39 min |
| Apr 8, 12:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes | 54 min |
| Apr 8, 2:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 66 min | |
| Apr 8, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton, Washington | 34 min |
| Apr 8, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 114 min | |
| Apr 8, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 24 min |
| Apr 8, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 20 min |
| Apr 8, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 20 min |
| Apr 8, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 56 min | |
| Apr 8, 12:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Quitman | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Tift, Worth | 23 min |
| Apr 8, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Mitchell | 50 min |
| Apr 8, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Irwin, Tift | 30 min |
| Apr 8, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Grady | 25 min |
| Apr 8, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Cook | 46 min |
| Apr 8, 5:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Brooks, Thomas | 26 min |
| Apr 8, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lowndes | 30 min |
| Apr 8, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lanier, Lowndes | 43 min |
| Apr 8, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 36 min |
| Apr 8, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Houston | 36 min |
| Apr 8, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 34 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.