Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 2006, 3:48 PM EDT for Baker County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 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 18, 2006, 3:48 PM EDT (19:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2006, 4:39 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Baker County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 981 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 18, 1:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 1:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 150 PM EDT TUE APR 18 2006 .SYNOPSIS...ONLY AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR 2 HAS DEVELOPED IN THE VICINITY OF THE BACK DOOR COLD FRONT AS OF EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... WITH NO SIGNS OF ANY SIGNIFICANT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. IN FACT...A STABLE LAYER OF STRATUS CONTINUES TO HEAD SW BEHIND THE FRONT...BUT IT IS FIGHTING EROSION ON ITS LEADING EDGE AS IT APPROACHES TALLAHASSEE. WHILE AREAS TO THE S AND W OF THE BOUNDARY ARE STILL EXPECTED TO TOP OUT AROUND THE 90 DEGREE MARK THIS AFTERNOON... EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE FL BIG BEND AND SW GEORGIA WILL STRUGGLE INTO THE LOWER 80S. OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...10 KT WESTERLY WINDS CONTINUE. && .SHORT TERM...THE ABOVE MENTIONED BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL MAKE ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TO THE CWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BEFORE IT RETURNS TO THE NE AS A WARM FRONT LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL STILL LEAVE ROOM FOR AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR TSTM TO DEVELOP... BUT SINCE THE AIRMASS IS STILL QUITE DRY...EXPECT THAT SILENT 10 POPS WILL MORE THAN SUFFICE. AFTER THE WARM FRONT CLEARS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY...THE STAGE WILL BE SET FOR MORE NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AS OUR JUNE IN APRIL PATTERN CONTINUES. LOW TEMPS WILL BE UNSEASONABLY MILD AS WELL...WITH THE EXPECTED LOWER TO MID 60S A FULL 10+ DEGREES ABOVE CLIMO VALUES. && .LONG TERM...FRIDAY-TUESDAY... THROUGH THE LONG TERM...WEAK AND PERSISTENT H5-H2 RIDGING TO ZONAL FLOW WILL DOMINATE AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS OFFSHORE OF THE MID-ATLANTIC WITH THE LOW LEVEL RIDGE AXIS POSITIONED OVER THE NRN GULF OF MEX. A WELL DEFINED SHORTWAVE SYSTEM MOVES FROM THE SRN PLAINS TO THE NE CONUS. THIS NUDGES NEXT COLD FRONT SEWD TO FLA-GA ON FRI AND STALLS IT THERE IN VICINITY OF E COAST TROUGH BRINGING AN INCREASED POP ESPECIALLY THRU PERIOD AND ESPECIALLY SUN & MON OVER NRN ZONES AS UPPER UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES RIDE OVER THE AREA IN NEAR ZONAL FLOW. WITH DOMINANT WSW FLOW...TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE AVERAGE THROUGH THE PERIOD...AS THESE FRONTS WILL BE UNABLE TO CLEAR OUR AREA AND BRING ANY APPRECIABLE COOLER AIR. && .MARINE...AN EXCEPTIONALLY QUIET SUMMERLIKE PERIOD IS IN STORE FOR THE COASTAL WATERS DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...AS WEAK SFC RIDGING HOLDS OVER THE EASTERN GULF. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...AS DEWPOINTS REMAIN IN THE MID 60S WHICH IS QUITE HIGH FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. && .AVIATION...EXPECT OCNL VFR CIGS AT TLH...DHN AND ABY...WITH MVFR CIGS AT VLD THIS AFTN. A FEW TSTMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTN ALONG A WEAK BACK DOOR FRONT WHICH BISECTS THE AREA FROM NW-SE. DUE TO THE LIMITED COVERAGE...WILL NOT MENTION IN THE TAFS. WINDS WILL VARY FROM W-SW AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND E-NE BEHIND IT. SPEEDS WILL REMAIN LESS THAN 10 KTS. CLOUDS DECREASE THIS EVENING...BUT MARINE STRATUS LAYER WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE COAST AND SPREAD INLAND OVERNIGHT...WITH IFR CIGS AT MOST TAF SITES BY MORNING. THERE WILL BE PATCHY FOG WITH MVFR TO OCNL IFR VSBYS BY DAYBREAK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 62 93 62 92/ 10 05 10 05 PANAMA CITY 67 86 67 87/ 05 05 05 05 DOTHAN 65 92 66 92/ 10 05 05 10 ALBANY 62 88 63 87/ 10 20 10 05 VALDOSTA 60 89 62 89/ 10 20 10 05 CROSS CITY 61 89 63 90/ 10 10 10 05 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. && PUBLIC/MARINE...GOULD LONG TERM...BLOCK AVIATION/FIRE...JAMSKI
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 18, 5:37 AM EDT, 10 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 537 AM EDT TUE APR 18 2006 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ750- 755-770-775-190937- 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 537 AM EDT TUE APR 18 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... ANOTHER UNSEASONABLY WARM DAY IS ON TAP FOR THE LOCAL AREA. A BACK-DOOR COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND GENERATE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG BUT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. THERE IS ALSO A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THE BACKDOOR FRONT RETREATS NORTH ACROSS THE AREA. THE AIRMASS WILL BE RATHER UNSTABLE...AND WITH SUFFICIENT WIND SHEAR...A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS. ANOTHER FRONT WILL APPROACH ON SATURDAY. RAIN CHANCES WILL BE IN THE 20 TO 30 PERCENT CHANCE RANGE INTO THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED. 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. BLOCK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 18, 3:08 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 308 PM EDT TUE APR 18 2006 FLZ018-182000- JEFFERSON- 308 PM EDT TUE APR 18 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY... * UNTIL 400 PM EDT AT 305 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES EAST OF WOODVILLE...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST. MARKS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO PRODUCING NEARLY CONTINUOUS AND DEADLY 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 18, 3:11 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 311 PM EDT TUE APR 18 2006 GAZ122-123-182015- CALHOUN-RANDOLPH- 311 PM EDT TUE APR 18 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR CALHOUN AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 415 PM EDT AT 305 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CUTHBERT...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... EDISON BY 355 PM EDT. MORGAN BY 410 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO 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. 8-JAMSKI
Special weather statement, Apr 18, 3:34 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 334 PM EDT TUE APR 18 2006 GAZ144-182030- BAKER- 334 PM EDT TUE APR 18 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR BAKER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA... * UNTIL 430 PM EDT AT 332 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LEARY...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MORGAN...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. SMALL HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES...AND WINDS 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO PRODUCING NEARLY CONTINUOUS AND DEADLY 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Grady | 52 min |
| Apr 18, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Thomas | 44 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
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.