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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 5, 20117 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2011, 3:28 AM EDT for 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 47 min. 5 reports 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
Apr 5, 2011, 3:28 AM EDT (07:28 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2011, 4:15 AM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Thomas County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 5, 3:44 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 S Adel, GA*** 1 INJ *** ONE TRAILER OVERTURNED WITH ONE INJURED. MULTIPLE TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.
Apr 5, 4:06 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGQuitman, GATREES AND POWERLINES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
Apr 5, 4:16 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGValdosta, GAMOODY AIR FORCE BASE REPORTED 59 MPH WIND WITH SQUALL LINE.
Apr 5, 4:20 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGLakeland, GAREPORT OF TREES DOWN. ONE TREE ON A MOBILE HOME.
Apr 5, 4:22 AM EDTTSTM WND GST 45Valdosta Regional Airpo, GA

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 4, 10:28 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Apr 5, 2:41 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 116 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2011-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1916 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2011-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1916 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
521 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
9.6

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The text

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

084 
WUUS52 KTAE 050728
SVRTAE
GAC019-027-071-075-173-185-275-050815-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0065.110405T0728Z-110405T0815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
328 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL BERRIEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  BROOKS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  LANIER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  EASTERN THOMAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 415 AM EDT

* AT 323 AM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A LINE OF
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF PAVO TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOSTON...OR
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 44 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLACOOCHEE TO
  47 MILES WEST OF SUWANNEE RIVER STATION...AND MOVING EAST AT 65    
  MPH. THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS.  SEEK STURDY SHELTER NOW!

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  QUITMAN...HAHIRA...I-75 AT EXIT 16...RAY CITY...VALDOSTA...MOODY
  AFB AND LAKELAND

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 3084 8301 3084 8308 3080 8312 3062 8314
      3067 8392 3114 8371 3113 8297 3087 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 0728Z 270DEG 55KT 3105 8362 3060 8383

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 12:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEClay, Quitman, Randolph47 min
Apr 5, 12:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEClay, Randolph, Terrell49 min
Apr 5, 12:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Clay, Early, Randolph, Terrell31 min
Apr 5, 1:08 AM EDTTornado WarningTAELee, Randolph, Terrell52 min
Apr 5, 1:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Lee and 4 more32 min
Apr 5, 1:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Seminole47 min
Apr 5, 1:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDougherty, Lee, Terrell, Turner, Worth44 min
Apr 5, 1:49 AM EDTTornado WarningTAELee, Turner, Worth41 min
Apr 5, 1:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Decatur, Dougherty, Grady, Lee and 5 more32 min
Apr 5, 2:17 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEBaker, Colquitt, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth43 min
Apr 5, 2:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBen Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Dougherty, Irwin and 4 more52 min
Apr 5, 2:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Grady, Seminole47 min
Apr 5, 2:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Colquitt, Cook, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas45 min
Apr 5, 2:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGrady, Thomas46 min
Apr 5, 3:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBen Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin and 4 more39 min
Apr 5, 3:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Cook, Irwin, Lanier33 min
Apr 5, 4:05 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEBerrien, Lanier, Lowndes25 min
Apr 5, 4:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes49 min
Apr 5, 3:40 PM EDTRed Flag WarningTAEBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more28 hr

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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.