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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 24, 20124 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2012, 12:41 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 34 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, 12:41 PM EST (17:41 UTC)
Expired: Feb 24, 2012, 1:15 PM EST
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Baker County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Grady County, GA, Mitchell County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 24, 12:58 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Camilla, GA	TREES AND TELEPHONE LINES DOWN IN CAMILLA.

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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 95 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

317 
WUUS52 KTAE 241741
SVRTAE
GAC007-087-131-205-241815-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0035.120224T1741Z-120224T1815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1241 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...
  NORTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  NORTHWESTERN GRADY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  MITCHELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 115 PM EST

* AT 1237 PM EST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
  MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAMILLA...OR
  NEAR HOPEFUL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  PELHAM AND BACONTON

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3112 8401 3098 8456 3121 8454 3142 8409
      3145 8402 3144 8400
TIME...MOT...LOC 1741Z 246DEG 45KT 3115 8439

$$

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1 follow-up statement

619 
WWUS52 KTAE 241752
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1252 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

GAC007-087-131-241802-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120224T1815Z/
BAKER GA-GRADY GA-DECATUR GA-
1252 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DECATUR...
NORTHWESTERN GRADY AND SOUTHWESTERN BAKER 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 3144 8400 3112 8401 3108 8437 3120 8441
      3142 8409 3145 8403
TIME...MOT...LOC 1752Z 246DEG 45KT 3116 8431

$$

GAC205-241815-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120224T1815Z/
MITCHELL GA-
1252 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EST
FOR MITCHELL COUNTY...

AT 1250 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 BRANCHVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MITCHELL CO A/P...CAMILLA...PELHAM...FLINT...COTTON...HINSONTON...
GREENOUGH...LANEY...SALE CITY...FREEMAN AND LESTER

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 3144 8400 3112 8401 3108 8437 3120 8441
      3142 8409 3145 8403
TIME...MOT...LOC 1752Z 246DEG 45KT 3116 8431

$$

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The 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, 12:07 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Decatur, Grady, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole	38 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.