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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 6, 2008Tift County, Turner County, Worth County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 6, 2008, 3:56 PM EST for Tift County, Turner County, Worth County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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: Feb 6, 2008, 3:56 PM EST (20:56 UTC)
Expired: Feb 6, 2008, 4:30 PM EST
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 135 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 657 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 186 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.

000 
WUUS52 KTAE 062056
SVRTAE
GAC277-287-321-062130-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0013.080206T2056Z-080206T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
356 PM EST WED FEB 6 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN TIFT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL TURNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHERN WORTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SYLVESTER...

* UNTIL 430 PM EST

* AT 354 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF POULAN...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF SYLVESTER...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  POULAN BY 405 PM EST...
  TY TY BY 410 PM EST...

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3165 8369 3149 8353 3134 8388 3145 8394
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 236DEG 39KT 3143 8384

$$

25-CAMP

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KTAE 062117
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
417 PM EST WED FEB 6 2008

GAC287-321-062127-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080206T2130Z/
TURNER GA-WORTH GA-
417 PM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WORTH AND SOUTH
CENTRAL TURNER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3159 8363 3150 8354 3148 8354 3144 8365
      3148 8366 3148 8364 3157 8364
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 236DEG 39KT 3155 8362

$$

GAC277-062130-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080206T2130Z/
TIFT GA-
417 PM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EST
FOR NORTHWESTERN TIFT COUNTY...

AT 418 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF HILLSDALE...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
TIFTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3159 8363 3150 8354 3148 8354 3144 8365
      3148 8366 3148 8364 3157 8364
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 236DEG 39KT 3155 8362

$$

25-CAMP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 6, 2:59 AM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more	16 hr
Feb 6, 11:46 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay	29 min
Feb 6, 11:58 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Quitman, Randolph	22 min
Feb 6, 12:43 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Randolph, Terrell	32 min
Feb 6, 2:13 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Turner, Worth	47 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.