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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 308, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 24, 2012Tift County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2012, 7:06 PM EDT for Tift County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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 24, 2012, 7:06 PM EDT (23:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2012, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Tift County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 24, 7:14 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGE Sunsweet, GATREE DOWN NEAR RED OAK RD. NORTH OF TIFTON.
Jul 24, 7:23 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG6 N Tifton, GATREE DOWN ON WILEY BRANCH RD.
Jul 24, 7:31 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 Wsw Phillipsburg, GATWO TREES DOWN ON BRADLEY LN.
Jul 24, 7:54 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGNe Omega, GAPOWERLINE DOWN ON 319 SOUTH NEAR OMEGA

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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 144 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 910 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
910 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 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.

248 
WUUS52 KTAE 242306
SVRTAE
GAC277-242345-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0308.120724T2306Z-120724T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
706 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TIFT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 700 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF TIFTON...OR NEAR CHULA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
  MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO      
  PHILLIPSBURG...UNIONVILLE AND OMEGA

  THIS INCLUDES SECTIONS OF INTERSTATE 75.

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 3157 8349 3156 8342 3153 8339 3149 8338
      3147 8334 3146 8337 3140 8337 3133 8346
      3133 8366 3148 8367 3149 8365 3157 8364
      3160 8356 3159 8350
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 330DEG 12KT 3151 8355

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 3:42 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryTAEBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more27 hr
Jul 24, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Clay, Randolph41 min
Jul 24, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAESeminole37 min
Jul 24, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Clay, Early, Randolph25 min
Jul 24, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWorth46 min
Jul 24, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Colquitt, Cook, Tift23 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.