Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 382, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2012, 2:51 PM EDT for Brooks County, Lanier County, Lowndes County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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
- Aug 15, 2012, 2:51 PM EDT (18:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2012, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Brooks County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 1837 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
961 WUUS52 KTAE 151851 SVRTAE GAC027-173-185-151930- /O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0382.120815T1851Z-120815T1930Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 251 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL BROOKS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... WEST CENTRAL LANIER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... INCLUDING THE CITY OF VALDOSTA * UNTIL 330 PM EDT * AT 246 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 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF VALDOSTA...OR NEAR I-75 AT EXIT 22...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOODY AFB...VALDOSTA AND HAHIRA 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 3084 8308 3081 8343 3098 8344 3104 8307 TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 265DEG 23KT 3090 8336 $$ 38-GODSEY
1 follow-up statement
197 WWUS52 KTAE 151910 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 310 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012 GAC027-151920- /O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0382.000000T0000Z-120815T1930Z/ BROOKS GA- 310 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BROOKS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3086 8308 3089 8328 3100 8330 3104 8307 TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 265DEG 23KT 3094 8321 $$ GAC173-185-151930- /O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0382.000000T0000Z-120815T1930Z/ LOWNDES GA-LANIER GA- 310 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR WEST CENTRAL LANIER AND NORTHEASTERN LOWNDES COUNTIES... AT 306 PM EDT...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 MOODY AFB...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BARRETTS...NAYLOR AND LAKELAND PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3086 8308 3089 8328 3100 8330 3104 8307 TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 265DEG 23KT 3094 8321 $$ 38-GODSEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Brooks, Thomas | 47 min |
| Aug 15, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Brooks, Lowndes | 37 min |
| Aug 15, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Berrien, Cook | 67 min |
| Aug 15, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lanier | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 4:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Ben Hill | 92 min |
| Aug 15, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dougherty | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.