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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 218, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 1, 20125 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2012, 9:06 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 54 min. 3 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: Jul 1, 2012, 9:06 PM EDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2012, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Ben Hill County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 1, 9:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 N Fitzgerald, GA	MANY TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN...MAINLY NORTH OF FITZGERLAD.
Jul 1, 9:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nw Waterloo, GA	ONE LARGE TREE DOWN.
Jul 1, 9:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Ashburn, GA	TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.

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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 163 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: 8567 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 502 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 178 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.

645 
WUUS52 KTAE 020106
SVRTAE
GAC017-155-277-287-321-020200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0218.120702T0106Z-120702T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
906 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BEN HILL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  IRWIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHERN TIFT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  TURNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHERN WORTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 904 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A LINE OF
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  13 MILES NORTHWEST OF ASHBURN TO 29 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  FITZGERALD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ARABI TO 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF TOWNS...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MYSTIC...OCILLA...SYLVESTER AND POULAN

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 3166 8300 3160 8305 3153 8306 3151 8310
      3152 8399 3165 8399 3165 8402 3172 8403
      3177 8399 3180 8401 3185 8394 3184 8386
      3181 8381 3181 8362 3186 8361 3185 8318
      3182 8313 3178 8299
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 006DEG 28KT 3183 8381 3190 8282

$$

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1 follow-up statement

590 
WWUS52 KTAE 020128
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
928 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

GAC017-155-277-287-321-020200-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0218.000000T0000Z-120702T0200Z/
TURNER GA-TIFT GA-BEN HILL GA-WORTH GA-IRWIN GA-
928 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR IRWIN...NORTHERN WORTH...BEN HILL...NORTHERN TIFT AND TURNER
COUNTIES...

AT 923 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM OAKFIELD TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF RED BLUFF...MOVING SOUTH
AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ASHBURN...TURNER CO AIRPORT...IRWINVILLE 
AIRPORT...DOLES...WRAY...IRWINVILLE...SYCAMORE...HOBBY...MYSTIC... 
OCILLA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND 
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! 
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU 
CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3166 8300 3160 8305 3153 8306 3151 8310
      3152 8399 3165 8399 3165 8402 3172 8403
      3177 8399 3180 8401 3185 8394 3184 8386
      3181 8381 3181 8362 3186 8361 3185 8318
      3182 8313 3178 8299
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 006DEG 28KT 3175 8397 3166 8298

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 9:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Cook, Dougherty, Irwin, Lanier, Lee and 4 more	54 min
Jul 1, 10:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Dougherty, Lanier and 4 more	64 min
Jul 1, 10:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Mitchell, Randolph, Terrell	46 min
Jul 1, 11:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Brooks, Decatur, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas	67 min
Jul 1, 11:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell and 1 more	61 min
Jul 1, 11:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Lowndes	37 min
Jul 1, 11:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady, Thomas	52 min
Jul 2, 12:05 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Quitman, Randolph	115 min
Jul 2, 12:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Decatur, Early, Miller, Quitman, Seminole	62 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.