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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 6, 2012Colquitt County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2012, 3:21 PM EDT for Colquitt County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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
May 6, 2012, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Colquitt County, GA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 6, 1:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 900 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2012-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 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
900 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
859 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

016 
WUUS52 KTAE 061921
SVRTAE
GAC071-062000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0112.120506T1921Z-120506T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
321 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 319 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
  MOULTRIE...OR NEAR CENTER HILL...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MOULTRIE MUNICIPAL A/P AND MURPHY.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT 
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3120 8377 3103 8378 3103 8379 3104 8380
      3104 8399 3105 8400 3111 8401 3125 8393
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 014DEG 6KT 3115 8389

$$

38-GODSEY
1 follow-up statement
810 
WWUS52 KTAE 061945
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
345 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012

GAC071-062000-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-120506T2000Z/
COLQUITT GA-
345 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN COLQUITT COUNTY...

AT 343 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CENTER HILL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SOUTH
MOULTRIE...MURPHY...MOULTRIE MUNICIPAL A/P AND MOULTRIE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN 
GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3120 8377 3103 8378 3103 8379 3104 8380
      3104 8399 3105 8400 3111 8400 3125 8393
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 309DEG 8KT 3112 8391

$$

38-GODSEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 2:05 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryTAEDecatur, Seminole7 hr
May 6, 2:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEClay, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell42 min
May 6, 2:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEEarly49 min
May 6, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Lee and 3 more52 min
May 6, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELowndes29 min
May 6, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEEarly48 min
May 6, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Mitchell, Worth49 min
May 6, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Early, Miller46 min
May 6, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMitchell38 min
May 6, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Lowndes51 min
May 6, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEColquitt, Mitchell, Thomas44 min
May 6, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Lowndes47 min
May 6, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Grady, Seminole, Thomas46 min
May 6, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Seminole27 min
May 6, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Grady, Thomas38 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.