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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 27, 2011Berrien County, Cook County, Lanier County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2011, 2:13 PM EDT for Berrien County, Cook County, Lanier County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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: Mar 27, 2011, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
Expired: Mar 27, 2011, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Berrien County, GA, Cook County, GA, Lanier 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
Mar 27, 9:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 140 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: 1068 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 620 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.1
Supercell composite: 6.0

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The text

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

178 
WUUS52 KTAE 271813
SVRTAE
GAC019-075-173-271900-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0021.110327T1813Z-110327T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
213 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BERRIEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN COOK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHERN LANIER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 209 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
  WEST OF RAY CITY...OR 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLACOOCHEE...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  NASHVILLE AND LAKELAND

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.

LAT...LON 3100 8297 3101 8318 3103 8319 3103 8337
      3120 8338 3123 8304 3119 8304 3119 8298
      3118 8297 3115 8296
TIME...MOT...LOC 1812Z 265DEG 25KT 3110 8329

$$

38-GODSEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 26, 8:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Lee	22 min
Mar 27, 1:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Grady, Thomas	45 min
Mar 27, 2:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Quitman, Randolph	45 min
Mar 27, 2:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, Miller	44 min
Mar 27, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Early, Miller	47 min
Mar 27, 3:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes	42 min
Mar 27, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Early, Miller, Mitchell	50 min
Mar 27, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lanier, Lowndes	32 min
Mar 27, 4:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Baker, Miller, Mitchell	27 min
Mar 27, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Lowndes	40 min
Mar 27, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Baker, Decatur, Early, Miller, Seminole	53 min
Mar 27, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Early, Miller, Seminole	43 min
Mar 27, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Decatur, Grady, Miller, Mitchell	45 min
Mar 27, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Early, Miller, Seminole	14 min
Mar 27, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Grady, Thomas	44 min
Mar 27, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes	51 min
Mar 27, 6:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Lowndes	41 min
Mar 27, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Thomas	30 min
Mar 27, 7:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes	43 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.