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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 2009, 2:28 AM EST for Lowndes County, Georgia. It was in force for 17 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
- Mar 1, 2009, 2:28 AM EST (07:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2009, 2:45 AM EST
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lowndes County, GA
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 28, 6:43 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 491 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 701 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
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 Feb 28, 9:25 PM EST, 5 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 9:25 PM EST, 5 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 925 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009 .UPDATE...MID/UPPER LOW EVIDENT IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY DROPPING QUICKLY TO THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH AR THIS EVENING. THIS IS ENHANCING THE DIFFLUENCE ALOFT DOWNSTREAM OVER THE TRI-STATE REGION. SURFACE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO SINK SOUTHEAST INTO OUR NORTHWEST ZONES. CONVERGENCE MAXIMIZED AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY COMBINED WITH IMPRESSIVE LOW/MID LEVEL SHEAR AND INSTABILITY HAS MAINTAINED BANDS OF INTENSE CONVECTION. TORNADO WATCH #43 WAS ISSUED JUST PRIOR TO 00Z FOR ALL EXCEPT QUITMAN AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GA. NUMEROUS SVR TSTM WARNINGS AND A FEW TOR WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOST OF THE SEVERE REPORTS RECEIVED HAVE BEEN WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL AND FUNNEL CLOUDS. RADAR TRENDS INDICATE THAT SEVERE THREAT WILL BE ENDING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST TONIGHT INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. WILL BE ISSUING A ZONE UPDATE DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO TO CLEAR OUR NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES FROM THE TORNADO WATCH. && .MARINE...LATEST OBS SHOW SOUTHERLY WINDS 15-20 KT AND 4 FT SEAS AT THE BUOYS. COLD FRONT HAS PASSED THE MOB BUOY (42040) WITH A WIND SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AND SCA WIND SPEEDS. SCA CRITERIA ACROSS OUR WATERS WILL BEGIN LATER TONIGHT OVER THE WESTERN LEGS AND SPREAD EAST BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE ARE STILL FORECAST...SO THE GALE WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM THE OVERNIGHT HOURS THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. && .AVIATION...MAIN LINE OF INTENSE CONVECTION HAS CLEARED KDHN...WITH A CONTINUED THREAT FOR THE REMAINING TERMINALS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL SWING AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 15-20 KT AND GUSTY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. MVFR CIGS WILL THEN PREVAIL WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN AND BLUSTERY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS ON SUNDAY. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS FOR SUNDAY. FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL FL ZONES ON MONDAY DUE TO POSSIBLE LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RH. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 46 50 29 58 28/ 70 30 10 00 00 PANAMA CITY 46 50 33 55 34/ 70 20 00 00 00 DOTHAN 41 45 28 51 28/ 60 40 10 00 00 ALBANY 44 47 31 53 30/ 70 50 10 00 00 VALDOSTA 46 47 30 53 30/ 70 50 10 00 00 CROSS CITY 51 52 30 57 29/ 60 50 00 00 00 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...FIRE WEATHER WATCH ALL ZONES FOR MONDAY. GM...GALE WARNING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. && JAMSKI
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 6:03 AM EST, 20 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 603 AM EST SAT FEB 28 2009 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-011115- 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- 603 AM EST SAT FEB 28 2009 /503 AM CST SAT FEB 28 2009/ 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... ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...GALE WATCH TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TODAY...BRINGING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. LIGHT RAIN WILL LINGER INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN GEORGIA AND ALABAMA. THERE MAY BE ENOUGH COLD AIR FOR SOME OF THE RAIN TO MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW...MAINLY FROM ALBANY AND DOTHAN NORTHWARD. NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED DUE TO THE RELATIVELY WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS TO GALE FORCE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. FAIR WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...WITH A LIGHT FREEZE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY MORNINGS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. 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, Feb 28, 10:58 PM EST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Feb 28, 11:36 PM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1136 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009 GAZ130-131-010515- BEN HILL-IRWIN- 1136 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN BEN HILL AND IRWIN COUNTIES... * UNTIL 1215 AM EST AT 1132 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MYSTIC...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF TIFTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... OCILLA BY 1150 PM EST. WINDS UP TO 40 TO 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. 17-GOULD
Special weather statement, Feb 28, 11:44 PM EST, 2 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1144 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009 GAZ127-129-146-010515- COLQUITT-TIFT-WORTH- 1144 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR COLQUITT...TIFT AND WORTH COUNTIES... * UNTIL 1215 AM EST AT 1138 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR OMEGA...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TIFTON... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... UNIONVILLE BY 1150 PM EST. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 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. 14-MROCZKA
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 12:06 AM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1206 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009 GAZ131-148-010530- BERRIEN-IRWIN- 1206 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR BERRIEN AND IRWIN COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... * UNTIL 1230 AM EST AT MIDNIGHT EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ENIGMA...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TIFTON... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND WINDS GUSTS TO AROUND 40 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. 14-MROCZKA
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 12:29 AM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1229 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009 FLZ028-029-010615- LAFAYETTE-TAYLOR- 1229 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR LAFAYETTE AND TAYLOR COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND... * UNTIL 115 AM EST/1215 AM CST/ AT 1128 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF STEINHATCHEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 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. 14-MROCZKA
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 2:18 AM EST, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 218 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009 GAZ160-010800- LOWNDES- 218 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA... * UNTIL 300 AM EST AT 212 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF WEST VALDOSTA...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF VALDOSTA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 45 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. 85-GIBBS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 8:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 43 min |
| Feb 28, 8:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson | 35 min |
| Feb 28, 9:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 40 min |
| Feb 28, 9:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 28 min |
| Feb 28, 9:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson, Washington | 48 min |
| Feb 28, 10:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 39 min |
| Feb 28, 11:46 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 119 min | |
| Mar 1, 5:15 AM EST | Wind Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:32 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:32 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:48 PM EST | Freeze Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 18 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:17 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 24 hr | |
| Feb 28, 7:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Turner, Worth | 46 min |
| Feb 28, 7:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Grady | 18 min |
| Feb 28, 8:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Tift, Turner, Worth | 45 min |
| Feb 28, 9:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Early | 52 min |
| Feb 28, 9:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Early, Miller, Seminole | 14 min |
| Mar 1, 2:16 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt and 13 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 7:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 44 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.