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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 158, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 22, 2012Berrien County, Lanier County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2012, 7:14 PM EDT for Berrien County, Lanier County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 22, 2012, 7:14 PM EDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Berrien County, GA, Lanier County, GA

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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 144 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.

418 
WUUS52 KTAE 222314
SVRTAE
GAC019-173-230000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0158.120522T2314Z-120523T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL BERRIEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHERN LANIER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 709 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  ALLENVILLE...OR NEAR COTTLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  TEETERVILLE AND COURTHOUSE.

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 3106 8296 3111 8330 3119 8331 3124 8304
      3119 8304 3119 8298 3118 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 272DEG 17KT 3115 8325

$$

18-WOOL
1 follow-up statement
267 
WWUS52 KTAE 222332
SVSTAE

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

GAC019-173-230000-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0158.000000T0000Z-120523T0000Z/
LANIER GA-BERRIEN GA-
732 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BERRIEN AND NORTHERN LANIER COUNTIES...

AT 731 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR TEETERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
COURTHOUSE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3106 8296 3108 8306 3111 8318 3117 8318
      3119 8299 3119 8298 3118 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 276DEG 22KT 3114 8311

$$

18-WOOL

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, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGrady, Mitchell29 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, 7:33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.