Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2012, 12:07 PM EST for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 38 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
- Feb 24, 2012, 12:07 PM EST (17:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2012, 12:45 PM EST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baker County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Grady County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Seminole County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 12:11 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sse Lela, GA | ONE TREE DOWN ON GRADY BELL ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 12:04 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 1115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 529 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
907
WUUS52 KTAE 241707
SVRTAE
GAC007-087-131-201-205-253-241745-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0033.120224T1707Z-120224T1745Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1207 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BAKER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN GRADY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
SOUTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
SEMINOLE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 1245 PM EST
* AT 1203 PM EST...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 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DONALSONVILLE...OR NEAR STEAM MILL...AND MOVING EAST
AT 55 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
COLQUITT AND WEST BAINBRIDGE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3137 8443 3094 8431 3087 8494 3089 8494
3094 8498 3096 8498 3098 8501 3102 8500
3106 8502 3108 8499 3107 8493 3111 8492
TIME...MOT...LOC 1707Z 248DEG 48KT 3099 8491
$$
42-DVD2 follow-up statements
670 WWUS52 KTAE 241723 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1223 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 GAC007-087-131-201-205-253-241745- /O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120224T1745Z/ MITCHELL GA-MILLER GA-BAKER GA-GRADY GA-DECATUR GA-SEMINOLE GA- 1223 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM EST FOR NORTHEASTERN SEMINOLE...NORTHERN DECATUR...NORTHWESTERN GRADY... SOUTH CENTRAL BAKER...SOUTHEASTERN MILLER AND SOUTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTIES... AT 1220 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BOYKIN...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BABCOCK...STEINHAM STORE...BELLVIEW...COOKTOWN...MOUNT PLEASANT... MIMSVILLE...VADA...HOGGARD MILL...HARRELLS STILL...HAWKINSTOWN AND HOPEFUL PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. && LAT...LON 3137 8443 3094 8431 3093 8484 3107 8493 TIME...MOT...LOC 1724Z 248DEG 48KT 3108 8468 $$ 42-DVD
862
WWUS52 KTAE 241739
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1239 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
GAC131-253-241750-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120224T1745Z/
GRADY GA-SEMINOLE GA-
1239 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SEMINOLE AND
NORTHWESTERN GRADY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3108 8437 3100 8463 3115 8476 3137 8443
3108 8435
TIME...MOT...LOC 1740Z 248DEG 48KT 3115 8444
$$
GAC007-087-201-205-241745-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120224T1745Z/
MITCHELL GA-MILLER GA-BAKER GA-DECATUR GA-
1239 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM EST
FOR NORTHEASTERN DECATUR...SOUTH CENTRAL BAKER...EASTERN MILLER AND
SOUTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTIES...
AT 1237 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOGGARD MILL...MOVING
EAST AT 55 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HAWKINSTOWN AND HOPEFUL
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3108 8437 3100 8463 3115 8476 3137 8443
3108 8435
TIME...MOT...LOC 1740Z 248DEG 48KT 3115 8444
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 5:59 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 24, 11:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Early, Miller, Seminole | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 12:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Decatur, Grady, Mitchell | 34 min |
| Feb 24, 12:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Mitchell | 33 min |
| Feb 24, 1:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Cook, Mitchell, Tift, Worth | 49 min |
| Feb 24, 1:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Cook | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 1:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Mitchell | 50 min |
| Feb 24, 1:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Tift | 17 min |
| Feb 24, 1:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 2:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Cook, Tift, Worth | 28 min |
| Feb 24, 2:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Thomas | 29 min |
| Feb 24, 2:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Tift | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 3:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lanier, Lowndes | 26 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.