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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 225, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2009, 2:27 PM EDT for Dougherty County, Mitchell County, Worth County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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, 2009, 2:27 PM EDT (18:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2009, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dougherty County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 1896 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 747 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 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 Jun 28, 9:25 AM EDT, 5 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 9:25 AM EDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 5:48 AM EDT, 8 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 548 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 2009 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-291000- 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- 548 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 2009 /448 AM CDT SUN JUN 28 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AS THE SEA BREEZE MOVES INLAND. OTHER STORMS WILL DROP SOUTHWARD FROM CENTRAL GEORGIA. STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. CONVECTIVE COVERAGE WILL BE MORE ISOLATED NORTH OF THE FLORIDA BORDER. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 THIS AFTERNOON NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10 WITH LOWER TO MID 90S TO THE SOUTH. HEAT INDICES WILL RISE TO 105 OR BETTER ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION WITH A FEW SPOTS CLOSING IN ON 110. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... TEMPERATURES WILL NOT BE QUITE AS HOT ON MONDAY AS CLOUD COVER AND RAIN CHANCES INCREASE WITH THE ARRIVAL OF A COLD FRONT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY AND A FEW OF THESE COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE. THE FRONT WILL STALL NEAR THE GULF COAST ON TUESDAY...KEEPING RAIN CHANCES IN THE FORECAST. THE TROPICAL WAVE NEAR THE YUCATAN PENINSULA IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT FLORIDA OR THE NORTHEAST GULF ASIDE FROM INCREASING MOISTURE AN RAIN CHANCES ACROSS MUCH OF THE PENINSULA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 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. 18-WOOL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 1:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 107 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 2009 GAZ124-126-281745- LEE-TERRELL- 107 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN LEE AND NORTHEASTERN TERRELL COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA... * UNTIL 145 PM EDT AT 105 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF SMITHVILLE...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF DAWSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 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. 38-GODSEY
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 1:28 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 128 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 2009 GAZ130-131-281815- BEN HILL-IRWIN- 128 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN BEN HILL AND NORTHEASTERN IRWIN COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... * UNTIL 215 PM EDT AT 127 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF FITZGERALD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 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 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. 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. 38-GODSEY
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:16 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 216 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 2009 GAZ125-127-281915- DOUGHERTY-WORTH- 216 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN DOUGHERTY AND SOUTHERN WORTH COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 315 PM EDT AT 215 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TURNER CITY...OR 5 MILES EAST OF ALBANY... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... ALBANY BY 230 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE AND WINDS 40 TO 50 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 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. 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. 38-GODSEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 46 min |
| Jun 28, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 44 min |
| Jun 28, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 44 min |
| Jun 28, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon | 52 min |
| Jun 28, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 54 min |
| Jun 28, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 48 min |
| Jun 28, 7:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 27 min |
| Jun 28, 7:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla | 37 min |
| Jun 28, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla | 48 min |
| Jun 28, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Lanier | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Cook, Tift | 41 min |
| Jun 28, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Mitchell, Worth | 41 min |
| Jun 28, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Cook | 48 min |
| Jun 28, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Colquitt, Thomas | 61 min |
| Jun 28, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth | 50 min |
| Jun 28, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes | 42 min |
| Jun 28, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Miller | 49 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.