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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 27, 2011Lanier County, Lowndes County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2011, 3:58 PM EDT for Lanier County, Lowndes County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
Expired: Mar 27, 2011, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

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

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 129 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.

523 
WUUS52 KTAE 271958
SVRTAE
GAC173-185-272030-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0029.110327T1958Z-110327T2030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LANIER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHEASTERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 356 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF MOODY AFB...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF STATENVILLE...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  NAYLOR...STOCKTON AND GREENWOOD.

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL IN THE 
COMMUNITY OF NAYLOR. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

LAT...LON 3086 8300 3085 8301 3085 8306 3082 8310
      3081 8310 3084 8326 3102 8322 3102 8296
      3087 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 277DEG 30KT 3090 8313

$$

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, 2:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Cook, Lanier	47 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, 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.