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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 28, 20094 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 28, 2009, 3:10 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 50 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 28, 2009, 3:10 PM EST (20:10 UTC)
Expired
Feb 28, 2009, 4:00 PM EST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Tift County, GA, Worth County, GA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 28, 11:39 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 119 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2009-02-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 47 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2009-02-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
47 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
637 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KTAE 282010
SVRTAE
GAC071-075-277-321-282100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0021.090228T2010Z-090228T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
310 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHERN COOK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN TIFT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHERN WORTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 400 PM EST

* AT 303 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 NEAR
  DOERUN...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOULTRIE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NORMAN PARK BY 330 PM EST...
  OMEGA BY 335 PM EST...
  LENOX BY 350 PM EST...
  7 MILES NORTH OF SPARKS BY 355 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.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...OCCASIONAL 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.

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 700 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3123 8400 3136 8400 3141 8398 3137 8365
      3136 8344 3135 8343 3130 8343 3126 8338
      3124 8334 3119 8334 3113 8332
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 276DEG 32KT 3131 8390

$$

38-GODSEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 11:43 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAERandolph, Terrell32 min
Feb 28, 1:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Early, Miller49 min
Feb 28, 2:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Miller, Mitchell and 1 more34 min
Feb 28, 2:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBen Hill, Turner45 min
Feb 28, 2:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Seminole49 min
Feb 28, 3:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Irwin, Tift42 min
Feb 28, 3:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Grady45 min
Feb 28, 3:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEIrwin28 min
Feb 28, 3:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEColquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas48 min
Feb 28, 3:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Tift45 min
Feb 28, 4:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Colquitt, Cook, Thomas38 min
Feb 28, 4:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAESeminole64 min
Feb 28, 4:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Lowndes46 min
Feb 28, 4:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier20 min
Feb 28, 5:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur63 min
Feb 28, 5:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Thomas45 min
Feb 28, 5:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Grady43 min
Feb 28, 6:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Lanier, Lowndes51 min
Feb 28, 6:17 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEDecatur28 min
Feb 28, 6:25 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEBerrien, Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes35 min
Feb 28, 6:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDougherty, Lee, Terrell57 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.