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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 6, 2012Baker County, Early County, Miller County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2012, 3:44 PM EDT for Baker County, Early County, Miller County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 min. 2 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, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2012, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Baker County, GA, Early County, GA, Miller County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 6, 4:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGColquitt, GATREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 91
May 6, 4:12 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Sw Babcock, GATREE DOWN ON DUNLAP ROAD

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, 7.7 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.

410 
WUUS52 KTAE 061944
SVRTAE
GAC007-099-201-062030-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0114.120506T1944Z-120506T2030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BAKER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...     
  SOUTHEASTERN EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 339 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 NEAR COLQUITT...
  OR NEAR HARMONY CHURCH RD/HWY 45...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO      
  COLQUITT...MACEDONIA...COOKTOWN...BOYKIN...BELLVIEW AND BABCOCK.

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 3113 8450 3108 8451 3108 8464 3107 8465
      3107 8473 3128 8486 3136 8464
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 323DEG 4KT 3122 8472

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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, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Mitchell, Worth49 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.