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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 244, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 3, 2012Ben Hill County, Irwin County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2012, 8:06 PM EDT for Ben Hill County, Irwin County, Georgia. It was in force for 54 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, 8:06 PM EDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2012, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Ben Hill County, GA, Irwin 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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 173 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: 722 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -163 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1380 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

233 
WUUS52 KTAE 040006
SVRTAE
GAC017-155-040100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0244.120704T0006Z-120704T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
806 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...
  IRWIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 802 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 MYSTIC TO 15 MILES EAST OF FITZGERALD...OR
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM REBECCA TO PRIDGEN...AND MOVING SOUTH
  AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  OCILLA

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 3154 8306 3147 8312
      3148 8337 3156 8342 3156 8347 3158 8350
      3169 8349 3170 8346 3185 8348 3185 8318
      3182 8313 3182 8310 3178 8299
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 359DEG 17KT 3175 8347 3166 8300

$$

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1 follow-up statement

647 
WWUS52 KTAE 040053
SVSTAE

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

GAC017-155-040103-
/O.EXP.KTAE.SV.W.0244.000000T0000Z-120704T0100Z/
BEN HILL GA-IRWIN GA-
853 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR IRWIN AND BEN HILL COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM EDT...

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 3166 8300 3160 8305 3154 8306 3147 8312
      3148 8337 3156 8342 3156 8347 3158 8350
      3169 8349 3170 8346 3185 8348 3185 8318
      3182 8313 3182 8310 3178 8299
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 359DEG 17KT 3153 8346 3144 8300

$$

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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 3, 8:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Ben Hill	117 min
Jul 3, 8:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Colquitt, Cook	42 min
Jul 3, 8:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien	47 min
Jul 4, 2:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Grady, Thomas	22 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.