Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2012, 3:26 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 49 min. 9 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
- May 6, 2012, 3:26 PM EDT (19:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2012, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baker County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Lee County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Worth County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 3:26 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 45 | 3 Ssw Albany, GA | MEASURED AT THE SW GEORGIA REGIONAL AIRPORT...KABY. |
| May 6, 3:27 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ene Milford, GA | TREE DOWN ON GOODMAN ROAD. |
| May 6, 3:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nnw Albany, GA | TREE DOWN BLOCKING WHISPERING PINES ROAD IN ALBANY...REPORTED ON WALB-TV FACEBOOK PAGE. |
| May 6, 3:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 40 | 4 Se Newton, GA | MEASURED AT THE GA-AEMN MESONET SITE AT STRIPLING RESEARCH PARK. |
| May 6, 3:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Albany, GA | AT LEAST 8 TREES DOWN AROUND THE CITY OF ALBANY. |
| May 6, 3:35 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Albany, GA | REPORT FROM A FOX31 NEWS ARTICLE. |
| May 6, 3:36 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 Se Albany, GA | HAIL REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF RADIUM SPRINGS RD. AND 234. |
| May 6, 3:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ene Mimsville, GA | TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 200 |
| May 6, 4:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Putney, GA | A 10X14 METAL SHED WAS DESTROYED ALONG WITH MINOR ROOF DAMAGE. THIS IS A DELAYED REPORT FROM THE SUNDAY...MAY 6TH STORMS. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 106 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
891
WUUS52 KTAE 061926
SVRTAE
GAC007-037-095-177-205-321-062015-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0113.120506T1926Z-120506T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
326 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN WORTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
BAKER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
DOUGHERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
SOUTHERN LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
NORTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 323 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF TURNER CITY TO
8 MILES SOUTH OF LEARY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ALBANY...PUTNEY...NEWTON...BACONTON...SYLVESTER...POULAN AND
CAMILLA
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3146 8370 3134 8400 3108 8450 3109 8451
3117 8455 3125 8454 3126 8459 3137 8464
3143 8464 3143 8467 3145 8468 3177 8401
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 310DEG 24KT 3163 8400 3136 8448
$$
38-GODSEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2:05 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 7 hr |
| May 6, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Clay, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell | 42 min |
| May 6, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Early | 49 min |
| May 6, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Lee and 3 more | 52 min |
| May 6, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lowndes | 29 min |
| May 6, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Early | 48 min |
| May 6, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt | 39 min |
| May 6, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Early, Miller | 46 min |
| May 6, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Mitchell | 38 min |
| May 6, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lowndes | 51 min |
| May 6, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Mitchell, Thomas | 44 min |
| May 6, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lowndes | 47 min |
| May 6, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady, Seminole, Thomas | 46 min |
| May 6, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 27 min |
| May 6, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady, Thomas | 38 min |
Nearby
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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.