Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2012, 3:46 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 44 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
- Jun 10, 2012, 3:46 PM EDT (19:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2012, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Early County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Terrell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 12:41 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 1717 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 478 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
050
WUUS52 KTAE 101946
SVRTAE
GAC037-061-099-239-243-273-102030-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0182.120610T1946Z-120610T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
346 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
NORTHERN EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
EASTERN QUITMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
WESTERN TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 342 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15
MILES NORTHWEST OF CUTHBERT TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CUTHBERT TO 11
MILES WEST OF BLAKELY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN PARTS OF HENRY COUNTY
ALABAMA...AND CLAY AND QUITMAN COUNTIES IN GEORGIA.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
EDISON...ARLINGTON...SHELLMAN...MORGAN AND DAWSON
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.
&&
LAT...LON 3198 8496 3195 8494 3193 8487 3193 8445
3169 8444 3143 8458 3143 8464 3134 8463
3131 8465 3127 8511 3132 8508 3147 8507
3154 8504 3157 8506 3165 8503 3199 8502
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 268DEG 33KT 3194 8491 3166 8491
3132 8507
$$
08-LAMERS1 follow-up statement
851
WWUS52 KTAE 102026
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
426 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012
GAC037-061-099-239-243-273-102036-
/O.EXP.KTAE.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-120610T2030Z/
TERRELL GA-RANDOLPH GA-CALHOUN GA-EARLY GA-QUITMAN GA-CLAY GA-
426 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CLAY...EASTERN QUITMAN...
NORTHERN EARLY...CALHOUN...RANDOLPH AND WESTERN TERRELL COUNTIES IN
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM EDT...
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED. A TORNADO WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 8 PM EDT.
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
(8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT.
LAT...LON 3198 8496 3195 8494 3193 8487 3193 8445
3169 8444 3143 8458 3143 8464 3134 8463
3131 8465 3127 8511 3132 8508 3147 8507
3154 8504 3157 8506 3165 8503 3199 8502
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 268DEG 33KT 3195 8448 3167 8448
3133 8464
$$
08-LAMERSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Quitman | 37 min |
| Jun 10, 4:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Miller, Seminole | 32 min |
| Jun 10, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Lee | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 5:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Worth | 11 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.