Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 209, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT for Colquitt County, Mitchell County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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 14, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2012, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Colquitt County, GA, Mitchell County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 3:08 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Funston, GA | 2 TREES FELLED BY DOWNBURST. |
| Jun 14, 3:08 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Funston, GA | LARGE HAIL REPORTED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 103 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.
505
WUUS52 KTAE 141900
SVRTAE
GAC071-205-141930-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0209.120614T1900Z-120614T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
300 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 330 PM EDT
* AT 257 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF DOERUN...OR NEAR
FUNSTON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LANEY...HARTSFIELD...SCHLEY...SIGSBEE...POPLAR ARBOR
CHURCH...SALE CITY...NEW ELM...MINNESOTA AND TICKNOR. THIS ALSO
INCLUDES THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE CITY OF MOULTRIE.
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.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. RERMEMBER...IF YOU
CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3133 8376 3132 8375 3131 8371 3108 8385
3108 8416 3125 8410 3133 8403
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 176DEG 13KT 3120 8389
$$
08-LAMERS2 follow-up statements
953
WWUS52 KTAE 141915
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
315 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2012
GAC205-141924-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0209.000000T0000Z-120614T1930Z/
MITCHELL GA-
315 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STRONGEST PORTION OF THE THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED INTO COLQUITT
COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE WARNING FOR MITCHELL COUNTY IS CANCELLED. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR
WESTERN COLQUITT COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3132 8375 3131 8371 3108 8385 3108 8400
3133 8400
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 175DEG 12KT 3124 8390
$$
GAC071-141930-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0209.000000T0000Z-120614T1930Z/
COLQUITT GA-
315 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN COLQUITT COUNTY...
AT 309 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR FUNSTON...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED LARGE HAIL IN THE BAY AND HARTSFIELD AREAS.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SIGSBEE...POPLAR ARBOR CHURCH...NEW ELM...MINNESOTA AND DOERUN
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3132 8375 3131 8371 3108 8385 3108 8400
3133 8400
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 175DEG 12KT 3124 8390
$$
08-LAMERS214
WWUS52 KTAE 141926
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
326 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2012
GAC071-141936-
/O.EXP.KTAE.SV.W.0209.000000T0000Z-120614T1930Z/
COLQUITT GA-
326 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN COLQUITT COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 330 PM EDT...
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40
MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE IN COLQUITT COUNTY.
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
(8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT.
LAT...LON 3132 8375 3131 8371 3108 8385 3108 8400
3133 8400
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 175DEG 12KT 3128 8390
$$
08-LAMERSThe 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, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Grady, Thomas | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth | 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 |
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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.