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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 6, 20126 counties in Georgia

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 6, 3:26 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 453 Ssw Albany, GAMEASURED AT THE SW GEORGIA REGIONAL AIRPORT...KABY.
May 6, 3:27 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Ene Milford, GATREE DOWN ON GOODMAN ROAD.
May 6, 3:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Nnw Albany, GATREE DOWN BLOCKING WHISPERING PINES ROAD IN ALBANY...REPORTED ON WALB-TV FACEBOOK PAGE.
May 6, 3:30 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 404 Se Newton, GAMEASURED AT THE GA-AEMN MESONET SITE AT STRIPLING RESEARCH PARK.
May 6, 3:35 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGAlbany, GAAT LEAST 8 TREES DOWN AROUND THE CITY OF ALBANY.
May 6, 3:35 PM EDTHAIL 1Albany, GAREPORT FROM A FOX31 NEWS ARTICLE.
May 6, 3:36 PM EDTHAIL 0.753 Se Albany, GAHAIL REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF RADIUM SPRINGS RD. AND 234.
May 6, 3:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ene Mimsville, GATREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 200
May 6, 4:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGPutney, GAA 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.

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 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.

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°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.

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-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, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEColquitt39 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

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.