Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2012, 5:23 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 37 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 22, 2012, 5:23 PM EDT (21:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Colquitt County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Worth County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 5:28 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Lester, GA | TREE DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 112 IN NORTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY |
| May 22, 5:37 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | Livingston, GA | HAIL SLIGHTLY SMALL THAN GOLFBALLS |
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 22, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1278 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
319
WUUS52 KTAE 222123
SVRTAE
GAC071-095-205-321-222200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0147.120522T2123Z-120522T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
523 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHERN WORTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN DOUGHERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
NORTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 519 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11
MILES NORTHWEST OF DOERUN...OR NEAR LESTER...AND MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BRIDGEBORO...PRITCHETTS...LIVINGSTON...LIBERTY HILL...
PARKERVILLE...ALFORDS...TICKNOR...MINNESOTA...ANDERSON CITY...
TEMPY...MINTON...NEW ELM...POWELLTOWN AND SCOOTERVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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. DAMAGING HAIL HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED AS THE
STORM PASSED THROUGH SOUTHERN DOUGHERTY COUNTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3145 8366 3122 8372 3137 8413 3145 8412
3146 8410 3148 8367
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 279DEG 27KT 3141 8406
$$1 follow-up statement
696 WWUS52 KTAE 222146 RRA SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 546 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 GAC095-205-222155- /O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0147.000000T0000Z-120522T2200Z/ MITCHELL GA-DOUGHERTY GA- 546 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DOUGHERTY AND NORTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3142 8367 3124 8373 3135 8397 3143 8395 TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 285DEG 24KT 3138 8388 $$ GAC071-321-222200- /O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0147.000000T0000Z-120522T2200Z/ WORTH GA-COLQUITT GA- 546 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL COLQUITT AND SOUTHERN WORTH COUNTIES... AT 541 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LIBERTY HILL...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ANDERSON CITY...MINTON...POWELLTOWN AND NEW ELM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. && LAT...LON 3142 8367 3124 8373 3135 8397 3143 8395 TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 285DEG 24KT 3138 8388 $$ 18-WOOL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun | 52 min |
| May 22, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Randolph, Terrell | 47 min |
| May 22, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Mitchell | 45 min |
| May 22, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Decatur | 19 min |
| May 22, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur | 27 min |
| May 22, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dougherty | 33 min |
| May 22, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Mitchell | 35 min |
| May 22, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Mitchell | 26 min |
| May 22, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Grady, Mitchell | 29 min |
| May 22, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Tift, Worth | 47 min |
| May 22, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Mitchell, Worth | 38 min |
| May 22, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Mitchell | 24 min |
| May 22, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier, Tift | 53 min |
| May 22, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lowndes | 33 min |
| May 22, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Baker | 25 min |
| May 22, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Lanier | 46 min |
| May 22, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lanier | 42 min |
| May 22, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Lanier, Lowndes | 21 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.