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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 22, 2012Grady County, Mitchell County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2012, 5:57 PM EDT for Grady County, Mitchell County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report 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, 5:57 PM EDT (21:57 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2012, 6:26 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Grady County, GA, Mitchell County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 22, 6:04 PM EDTHAIL 1.753 Se Branchville, GAGOLFBALL HAIL IN THE VICINITY OF BRANCHVILLE.

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 22, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 2012-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 78 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 2012-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

222 
WUUS52 KTAE 222157
SVRTAE
GAC131-205-222245-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0151.120522T2157Z-120522T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
557 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN GRADY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL MITCHELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 555 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE 
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE OR SLIGHTLY LARGER  
  HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF PELHAM...OR NEAR     
  VADA...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  COTTON.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3120 8418 3115 8403 3103 8425 3104 8437
      3108 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 252DEG 15KT 3108 8434

$$

17-GOULD
2 follow-up statements
920 
WWUS52 KTAE 222226
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
626 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

GAC131-205-222236-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-120522T2245Z/
MITCHELL GA-GRADY GA-
626 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GRADY AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MITCHELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3120 8418 3115 8403 3103 8425 3104 8437
      3108 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 252DEG 15KT 3112 8420

$$

18-WOOL
369 
WWUS52 KTAE 222226 RRA
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
626 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

GAC131-205-222236-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-120522T2245Z/
MITCHELL GA-GRADY GA-
626 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GRADY AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MITCHELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT 
TUESDAY EVENING.

LAT...LON 3120 8418 3115 8403 3103 8425 3104 8437
      3108 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 252DEG 15KT 3112 8420

$$

17-GOULD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun52 min
May 22, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Randolph, Terrell47 min
May 22, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Mitchell45 min
May 22, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDecatur19 min
May 22, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur27 min
May 22, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEColquitt, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth37 min
May 22, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDougherty33 min
May 22, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Mitchell35 min
May 22, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMitchell26 min
May 22, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Colquitt, Cook, Tift, Worth47 min
May 22, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEColquitt, Mitchell, Worth38 min
May 22, 6:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Mitchell24 min
May 22, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier, Tift53 min
May 22, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELowndes33 min
May 22, 7:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBaker25 min
May 22, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Lanier46 min
May 22, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELanier42 min
May 22, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Lanier, Lowndes21 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.