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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 245, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 3, 2012Berrien County, Colquitt County, Cook County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2012, 8:18 PM EDT for Berrien County, Colquitt County, Cook County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 min. 4 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 3, 2012, 8:18 PM EDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2012, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Berrien County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 3, 8:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 S Norman Park, GA	TREE DOWN ON COOL SPRINGS ROAD.
Jul 3, 8:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Adel, GA	TREE DOWN ON BARTON RD.
Jul 3, 8:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Lenox, GA	TREE DOWN ON HWY 41 IN LENOX.
Jul 3, 8:42 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Se Moultrie, GA	TWO POWER POLES SNAPPED ALONG COUNTRY CIRCLE.

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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 106 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.

245 
WUUS52 KTAE 040018
SVRTAE
GAC019-071-075-040100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0245.120704T0018Z-120704T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BERRIEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHERN COOK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 811 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
  10 MILES WEST OF MOULTRIE TO NASHVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM BAY TO BERRIEN CO A/P...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SPARKS AND ADEL

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 3115 8314 3104 8391 3104 8393 3115 8401
      3125 8400 3132 8321
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 318DEG 5KT 3118 8395 3125 8324

$$

42-DVD

1 follow-up statement

585 
WWUS52 KTAE 040032
SVSTAE

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

GAC019-071-075-040100-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0245.000000T0000Z-120704T0100Z/
BERRIEN GA-COLQUITT GA-COOK GA-
832 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN COOK...COLQUITT AND CENTRAL BERRIEN COUNTIES...

AT 826 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 BAY TO BERRIEN CO A/P...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ELLENTON...SOUTH MOULTRIE...COTTLE...NASHVILLE...CENTER HILL...
MASSEE...REED BINGHAM STATE PARK...MURPHY...SPENCE AIRPORT...
SPARKS...MOULTRIE MUNICIPAL A/P...COOK CO A/P...AUTREYVILLE AND ADEL

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 3115 8314 3104 8391 3104 8393 3115 8401
      3125 8400 3132 8321
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 318DEG 5KT 3115 8393 3122 8322

$$

42-DVD

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, 8:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin	54 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

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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.