Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2012, 1:42 PM EDT for Grady County, Thomas County, Georgia; Leon County, Florida. It was in force for 33 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 14, 2012, 1:42 PM EDT (17:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2012, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Leon County, FL, Grady County, GA, Thomas County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 678 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1246 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
689 WUUS52 KTAE 141742 SVRTAE FLC073-GAC131-275-141815- /O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0206.120614T1742Z-120614T1815Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 142 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA... SOUTHWESTERN THOMAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... SOUTHEASTERN GRADY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 215 PM EDT * AT 139 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 MONCRIEF... AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BEACHTON 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 3086 8425 3076 8392 3058 8414 3063 8428 TIME...MOT...LOC 1742Z 224DEG 12KT 3071 8414 $$ 15-HARRIGAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lowndes | 27 min |
| Jun 14, 12:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lowndes | 37 min |
| Jun 14, 1:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady | 52 min |
| Jun 14, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Mitchell | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Early, Miller | 23 min |
| Jun 14, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Colquitt | 39 min |
| Jun 14, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Berrien, Cook, Tift | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Quitman, Randolph | 39 min |
| Jun 14, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Quitman | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 43 min |
| Jun 14, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 3:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Leon | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.