Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 304, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2012, 8:43 PM EDT for Colquitt County, Mitchell County, Worth County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 2012, 8:43 PM EDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2012, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Colquitt County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 1558 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1286 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
858 WUUS52 KTAE 230043 SVRTAE GAC071-205-321-230130- /O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0304.120723T0043Z-120723T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 843 PM EDT SUN JUL 22 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... SOUTHWESTERN WORTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 930 PM EDT * AT 835 PM EDT...COLQUITT COUNTY 911 REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE IN ASSOCIATION WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOULTRIE...AND MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DOERUN AND PELHAM 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 3109 8417 3145 8398 3124 8371 3107 8378 TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 112DEG 11KT 3119 8386 $$ 42-DVD
2 follow-up statements
925 WWUS52 KTAE 230100 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 900 PM EDT SUN JUL 22 2012 GAC071-205-321-230130- /O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0304.000000T0000Z-120723T0130Z/ MITCHELL GA-WORTH GA-COLQUITT GA- 900 PM EDT SUN JUL 22 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR WESTERN COLQUITT...SOUTHWESTERN WORTH AND EASTERN MITCHELL COUNTIES... AT 854 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HARTSFIELD...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TICKNOR...POPLAR ARBOR CHURCH...HINSONTON...PRITCHETTS...LIBERTY HILL...LANEY...LIVINGSTON...COTTON...SALE CITY...BRIDGEBORO AND PELHAM PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS COLQUITT COUNTY WITH NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! && LAT...LON 3107 8384 3109 8417 3145 8398 3127 8375 TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 112DEG 11KT 3122 8397 $$ 42-DVD
578 WWUS52 KTAE 230125 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 925 PM EDT SUN JUL 22 2012 GAC071-205-321-230135- /O.EXP.KTAE.SV.W.0304.000000T0000Z-120723T0130Z/ MITCHELL GA-WORTH GA-COLQUITT GA- 925 PM EDT SUN JUL 22 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN COLQUITT... SOUTHWESTERN WORTH AND SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM EDT... THE STORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. LAT...LON 3107 8384 3109 8417 3145 8398 3127 8375 TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 112DEG 11KT 3125 8405 $$ 42-DVD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt | 29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.