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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 3, 2012Ben Hill County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2012, 7:33 PM EDT for Ben Hill County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report 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 3, 2012, 7:33 PM EDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2012, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Ben Hill County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 3, 8:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Fitzgerald, GA	SEVERAL TREES DOWN AROUND THE CITY OF FITZGERALD.

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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 1410 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1092 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 10 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.

177 
WUUS52 KTAE 032333
SVRTAE
GAC017-040015-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0243.120703T2333Z-120704T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
733 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BEN HILL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 730 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 11 MILES NORTH OF FITZGERALD...OR NEAR
  BOWENS MILL...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  QUEENSLAND...LULAVILLE...WESTWOOD...RED BLUFF...FITZGERALD
  MUNICIPAL A/P AND ASHTON.

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 3168 8318 3165 8318 3165 8325 3168 8327
      3168 8332 3176 8332 3177 8334 3176 8346
      3185 8348 3185 8318 3182 8313 3182 8310
      3178 8299 3168 8299
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 343DEG 9KT 3187 8324

$$

42-DVD

1 follow-up statement

134 
WWUS52 KTAE 032351
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
751 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

GAC017-040015-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0243.000000T0000Z-120704T0015Z/
BEN HILL GA-
751 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR BEN HILL COUNTY...

AT 748 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LULAVILLE...MOVING
SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FITZGERALD...RED BLUFF...FITZGERALD MUNICIPAL A/P AND ASHTON

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 3168 8318 3165 8318 3165 8325 3168 8327
      3168 8332 3176 8332 3177 8334 3176 8346
      3185 8348 3185 8318 3182 8313 3182 8310
      3178 8299 3168 8299
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 343DEG 9KT 3174 8323

$$

42-DVD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay	63 min
Jul 3, 5:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lee	39 min
Jul 3, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lee, Worth	27 min
Jul 3, 6:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lowndes	37 min
Jul 3, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Thomas	46 min
Jul 3, 7:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill	41 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.