Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 308, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 7:14 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | E Sunsweet, GA | TREE DOWN NEAR RED OAK RD. NORTH OF TIFTON. |
| Jul 24, 7:23 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 N Tifton, GA | TREE DOWN ON WILEY BRANCH RD. |
| Jul 24, 7:31 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Wsw Phillipsburg, GA | TWO TREES DOWN ON BRADLEY LN. |
| Jul 24, 7:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ne Omega, GA | POWERLINE 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.
- 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
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
$$
08-LAMERSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 3:42 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 27 hr |
| Jul 24, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Randolph | 41 min |
| Jul 24, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Seminole | 37 min |
| Jul 24, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Early, Randolph | 25 min |
| Jul 24, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Worth | 46 min |
| Jul 24, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Tift | 23 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.