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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 4, 2012Ben Hill County, Irwin County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2012, 1:19 PM EDT for Ben Hill County, Irwin County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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: Jun 4, 2012, 1:19 PM EDT (17:19 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2012, 1:45 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Ben Hill County, GA, Irwin County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 4, 1:19 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	1 E Fitzgerald, GA	NICKEL HAIL JUST EAST OF FITZGERALD ON JACKSONVILLE HWY.
Jun 4, 1:23 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nne Osierfield, GA	TREE DOWN NEAR MILE MARKER 5.

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
Jun 4, 1:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 185 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1842 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

822 
WUUS52 KTAE 041719
SVRTAE
GAC017-155-041745-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0166.120604T1719Z-120604T1745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
119 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BEN HILL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  EAST CENTRAL IRWIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 145 PM EDT

* AT 118 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
  FITZGERALD...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  ASHTON...OSIERFIELD AND WRAY.

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 3168 8300 3166 8300 3165 8301 3164 8301
      3160 8306 3168 8330 3180 8326 3177 8299
      3168 8299
TIME...MOT...LOC 1719Z 286DEG 32KT 3172 8320

$$

1 follow-up statement

316 
WWUS52 KTAE 041741
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
141 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2012

GAC017-155-041751-
/O.EXP.KTAE.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-120604T1745Z/
BEN HILL GA-IRWIN GA-
141 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL IRWIN AND EASTERN
BEN HILL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 145 PM EDT...

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 700 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3168 8300 3166 8300 3165 8301 3164 8301
      3160 8306 3168 8330 3180 8326 3177 8299
      3168 8299
TIME...MOT...LOC 1741Z 286DEG 32KT 3166 8298

$$

25-CAMP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 1:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin	40 min

Nearby

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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.