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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 132, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2008, 7:15 PM EDT for Lee County, Terrell 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
- Jun 28, 2008, 7:15 PM EDT (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2008, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lee County, GA, Terrell County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 1293 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
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 Jun 28, 3:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 3:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 5:02 AM EDT, 14 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 502 AM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-290915- COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON- JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-QUITMAN- CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL- IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE- DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 502 AM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 /402 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE REGION AGAIN TODAY. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...A FEW STORMS COULD BRIEFLY APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS WITH MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND/OR WIND AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. HOWEVER...LIKE MOST SUMMER DAYS...LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MOST WIDESPREAD THREAT. ALSO...BRIEF WATERSPOUTS CAN OCCASIONALLY DEVELOP WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING DURING THE SUMMERTIME OVER THE WARM WATERS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. WHILE WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS UNLIKELY...A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING...STRONG WIND GUSTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HAIL. A DECREASE IN SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS FORECAST TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS A DRIER AIRMASS MOVES OVER THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP. FOURNIER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 1:21 PM EDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 121 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 GAZ157-158-281800- GRADY-THOMAS- 121 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR GRADY AND THOMAS COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 200 PM EDT AT 117 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CLUSTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PELHAM TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF CAIRO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... OCHLOCKNEE BY 130 PM EDT. THOMASVILLE BY 145 PM EDT. COOLIDGE BY 155 PM EDT. 5 MILES WEST OF BOSTON BY 200 PM EDT. WINDS GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS WHICH CAN DOWN TREE LIMBS AND KNOCK OVER UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS. ALSO...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. 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. RELAY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT 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. 14-MROCZKA
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 1:58 PM EDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 158 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 FLZ018-019-028-029-281845- JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE-MADISON-TAYLOR- 158 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN JEFFERSON...NORTHERN LAFAYETTE...MADISON AND NORTHERN TAYLOR COUNTIES... * UNTIL 245 PM EDT AT 152 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CLUSTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF QUITMAN TO 10 MILES EAST OF PERRY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... MADISON BY 215 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS IN ADDITION TO SCATTERED TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. RELAY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT 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. 14-MROCZKA
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:04 PM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 204 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 GAZ146-147-158>160-281845- BROOKS-COLQUITT-COOK-LOWNDES-THOMAS- 204 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR BROOKS... COLQUITT...COOK...LOWNDES AND THOMAS COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... * UNTIL 245 PM EDT AT 158 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES EAST OF DOERUN TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF QUITMAN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF MOULTRIE TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF QUITMAN... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... QUITMAN BY 210 PM EDT. SPARKS BY 225 PM EDT. WEST VALDOSTA BY 230 PM EDT. VALDOSTA BY 230 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS IN ADDITION TO SCATTERED TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. RELAY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT 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. 14-MROCZKA
Local storm report, Jun 28, 3:08 PM EDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes | 34 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.