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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 26, 20117 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2011, 12:32 PM EDT for 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 43 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: Mar 26, 2011, 12:32 PM EDT (16:32 UTC)
Expired: Mar 26, 2011, 1:15 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Baker County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Seminole County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 26, 12:45 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	1 S Colquitt, GA

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

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 89 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: 379 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

196 
WUUS52 KTAE 261632
SVRTAE
GAC007-087-099-131-201-205-253-261715-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0010.110326T1632Z-110326T1715Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1232 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BAKER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  GRADY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  MITCHELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  SEMINOLE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 115 PM EDT

* AT 1227 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DONALSONVILLE...AND MOVING 
  EAST AT 30 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...ALONG WITH LARGE 
  HAIL...UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  COLQUITT AND NEWTON

LAT...LON 3134 8434 3091 8431 3101 8492 3124 8491
TIME...MOT...LOC 1630Z 264DEG 25KT 3112 8483

$$

09-FOURNIER

1 follow-up statement

828 
WWUS52 KTAE 261652
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1252 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011

GAC099-253-261701-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110326T1715Z/
EARLY GA-SEMINOLE GA-
1252 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SEMINOLE AND EARLY 
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3099 8433 3108 8478 3122 8477 3134 8436
      3134 8434
TIME...MOT...LOC 1651Z 264DEG 25KT 3113 8466

$$

GAC007-087-131-201-205-261715-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110326T1715Z/
MITCHELL GA-MILLER GA-BAKER GA-GRADY GA-DECATUR GA-
1252 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EDT
FOR DECATUR...GRADY...BAKER...MILLER AND MITCHELL COUNTIES...

AT 1249 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE NEAR COLQUITT
IN MILLER COUNTY.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BOYKIN...MOVING EAST 
AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MACEDONIA...BABCOCK...BELLVIEW...COOKTOWN...MIMSVILLE...MOUNT
PLEASANT...GREENWOOD...VADA...HOPEFUL...HOGGARD MILL...HAWKINSTOWN
AND HARRELLS STILL

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3099 8433 3108 8478 3122 8477 3134 8436
      3134 8434
TIME...MOT...LOC 1651Z 264DEG 25KT 3113 8466

$$

9-FOURNIER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 26, 1:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell and 1 more	52 min
Mar 26, 2:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Grady, Thomas	40 min
Mar 26, 2:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Decatur, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas	41 min
Mar 26, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Seminole	64 min
Mar 26, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Thomas	42 min
Mar 26, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lowndes	41 min
Mar 26, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell	40 min
Mar 26, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Lowndes	47 min
Mar 26, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lee, Terrell, Turner, Worth	48 min
Mar 26, 5:48 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Lee, Terrell, Turner, Worth	27 min
Mar 26, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Quitman	28 min
Mar 26, 6:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Lee, Turner, Worth	29 min
Mar 26, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Quitman	43 min
Mar 26, 6:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Quitman	35 min
Mar 26, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Randolph	39 min
Mar 26, 7:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Randolph, Terrell	50 min
Mar 26, 7:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Terrell	40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.