Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 325, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2012, 3:05 PM EDT for Mitchell County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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 26, 2012, 3:05 PM EDT (19:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2012, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Mitchell County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 2537 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 736 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
810 WUUS52 KTAE 261905 SVRTAE GAC205-261945- /O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0325.120726T1905Z-120726T1945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 305 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 345 PM EDT * AT 302 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 BRANCHVILLE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY OR DRIFTING VERY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOPEFUL 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 3107 8422 3108 8448 3123 8438 3123 8416 TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 019DEG 1KT 3117 8429 $$ 22-BARRY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Decatur, Miller, Mitchell | 56 min |
| Jul 26, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Grady, Thomas | 29 min |
| Jul 26, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Decatur, Miller | 26 min |
| Jul 26, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 26 min |
| Jul 26, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lowndes | 47 min |
| Jul 26, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 44 min |
| Jul 26, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Seminole | 41 min |
| Jul 26, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Lowndes | 50 min |
| Jul 26, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Thomas | 32 min |
| Jul 26, 5:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 84 min |
| Jul 26, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Quitman | 31 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.