Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 227, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2012, 12:28 AM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia; Henry County, Houston County, Alabama; Gadsden County, Jackson County, Florida. It was in force for 62 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
- Jul 2, 2012, 12:28 AM EDT (04:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2012, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Gadsden County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Clay County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Early County, GA, Miller County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Seminole County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 1:10 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ese Edwin, AL | ONE TREE DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 75. |
| Jul 2, 1:29 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Dothan, AL | TREES DOWN NEAR DOTHAN. |
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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
614
WUUS52 KTAE 020428
SVRTAE
ALC067-069-FLC039-063-GAC061-087-099-201-239-253-020530-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0227.120702T0428Z-120702T0530Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1128 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN GADSDEN COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
JACKSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
WESTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
WESTERN MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
QUITMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
SEMINOLE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT/130 AM EDT/
* AT 1225 AM 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 GEORGETOWN TO CHATTAHOOCHEE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
WIRE BRIDGE TO JINKS...AND MOVING WEST AT 35 MPH.
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF BLOWING DOWN POWER LINES IN COLQUITT
IN MILLER COUNTY.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
COLUMBIA...ABBEVILLE...ASHFORD...WEBB...HEADLAND...COWARTS...
KINSEY...COTTONWOOD...MARIANNA AND DOTHAN
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 3193 8497 3178 8494 3177 8496 3162 8494
3162 8490 3155 8488 3064 8466 3060 8504
3061 8516 3059 8518 3058 8529 3116 8543
3166 8543 3171 8541 3171 8522 3179 8514
3190 8513
TIME...MOT...LOC 0428Z 081DEG 29KT 3183 8509 3072 8481
$$
42-DVD1 follow-up statement
736
WWUS52 KTAE 020500
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
100 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012
GAC061-239-020510-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0227.000000T0000Z-120702T0530Z/
QUITMAN GA-CLAY GA-
100 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CLAY AND QUITMAN COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3176 8513 3169 8512 3162 8506 3152 8505
3119 8488 3064 8470 3063 8471 3060 8502
3061 8516 3059 8518 3058 8529 3116 8543
3163 8543 3171 8541 3171 8522 3178 8514
TIME...MOT...LOC 0500Z 083DEG 29KT 3175 8524 3068 8487
$$
ALC067-069-FLC039-063-GAC087-099-201-253-020530-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0227.000000T0000Z-120702T0530Z/
HOUSTON AL-MILLER GA-EARLY GA-JACKSON FL-DECATUR GA-SEMINOLE GA-
HENRY AL-GADSDEN FL-
1200 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM
CDT/130 AM EDT/ FOR NORTHWESTERN GADSDEN...HENRY...SEMINOLE...
SOUTHWESTERN DECATUR...JACKSON...WESTERN EARLY...WESTERN MILLER AND
HOUSTON COUNTIES...
AT 1157 PM CDT/1257 AM 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 SCOTTSBORO CROSSROADS TO HARDIN
HEIGHTS...MOVING WEST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HALEBURG...MILLER...HAYNES...COLUMBIA...HORNSVILLE...SNEADS...
CHATTAHOOCHEE SP...ABBEVILLE MUNICIPAL A/P...AND MARIANNA
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3176 8513 3169 8512 3162 8506 3152 8505
3119 8488 3064 8470 3063 8471 3060 8502
3061 8516 3059 8518 3058 8529 3116 8543
3163 8543 3171 8541 3171 8522 3178 8514
TIME...MOT...LOC 0500Z 083DEG 29KT 3175 8524 3068 8487
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth | 54 min |
| 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, 1:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston | 59 min |
| Jul 2, 1:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 2:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 12:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 12:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 1:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun, Liberty | 33 min |
| Jul 2, 2:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Liberty and 1 more | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 2:59 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 61 min | |
| Jul 2, 3:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 64 min |
| Jul 2, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.