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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 22, 2012Berrien County, Lanier County, Lowndes County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2012, 7:44 PM EDT for Berrien County, Lanier County, Lowndes County, Georgia. It was in force for 21 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, 7:44 PM EDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2012, 8:05 PM EDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Berrien County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA

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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 137 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

230 
WUUS52 KTAE 222344
SVRTAE
GAC019-173-185-230030-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0159.120522T2344Z-120523T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 738 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 8 MILES WEST OF
  LAKELAND...OR NEAR BARRETTS...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MEIGS...HANSELL 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 3099 8297 3098 8322 3105 8323 3118 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 252DEG 21KT 3103 8317

$$

18-WOOL

1 follow-up statement

546 
WWUS52 KTAE 230005
SVSTAE

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

GAC019-173-185-230015-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0159.000000T0000Z-120523T0030Z/
LOWNDES GA-LANIER GA-BERRIEN GA-
805 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL
BERRIEN...NORTHERN LANIER AND NORTH CENTRAL LOWNDES 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 SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3099 8297 3098 8322 3105 8323 3118 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 252DEG 21KT 3107 8303

$$

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, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth	37 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

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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.