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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 24, 20124 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2012, 7:45 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 23 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 24, 2012, 7:45 PM EDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2012, 8:08 PM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 129 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.

813 
WUUS52 KTAE 242345
SVRTAE
GAC019-071-075-277-250030-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0310.120724T2345Z-120725T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL BERRIEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHEASTERN COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  COOK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHERN TIFT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 742 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
  MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PHILLIPSBURG...OR NEAR FENDER...
  AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  LENOX...SPARKS...NASHVILLE 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 3119 8319 3106 8345 3139 8364 3148 8347
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 328DEG 14KT 3137 8351

$$

25-CAMP
1 follow-up statement
545 
WWUS52 KTAE 250008
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
808 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012

GAC019-071-075-277-250018-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-120725T0030Z/
TIFT GA-BERRIEN GA-COLQUITT GA-COOK GA-
808 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR COOK...NORTHEASTERN
COLQUITT...WEST CENTRAL BERRIEN AND SOUTHERN TIFT COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND WIND GUSTS HAVE 
DECREASED.

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 3119 8319 3106 8345 3139 8364 3148 8347
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 328DEG 14KT 3129 8346

$$

25-CAMP

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, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETift39 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.