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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 17, 2008Randolph County, Terrell County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 17, 2008, 6:10 PM EST for Randolph County, Terrell County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Feb 17, 2008, 6:10 PM EST (23:10 UTC)
Expired: Feb 17, 2008, 7:00 PM EST
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Randolph County, GA, Terrell County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 17, 6:15 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Cuthbert, GA	3 MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED IN RANDOLPH COUNTY. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. NO INJURIES REPORTED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 17, 1:32 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 161 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 268 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 304 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KTAE 172311
SVRTAE
GAC243-273-180000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0021.080217T2310Z-080218T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
610 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CUTHBERT...
  TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DAWSON...

* UNTIL 700 PM EST

* AT 607 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF CUTHBERT TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF CUTHBERT TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CUTHBERT...OR ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF GEORGETOWN TO 6 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF CUTHBERT TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT GAINES...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CUTHBERT BY 615 PM EST...
  SHELLMAN BY 630 PM EST...
  DAWSON BY 640 PM EST...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS THAT HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. IF YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND 
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY 
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3182 8425 3173 8430 3170 8447 3166 8479
      3193 8482 3194 8462 3193 8446 3195 8446
      3195 8444
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 256DEG 45KT 3200 8486 3182 8485
          3165 8492

$$

38-GODSEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 17, 10:23 AM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more	9 hr
Feb 17, 2:56 PM EST	Fire Weather Watch	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more	25 hr
Feb 17, 5:36 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Quitman, Randolph	39 min
Feb 17, 5:46 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Quitman	31 min
Feb 17, 6:38 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lee	37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.