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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 24, 20124 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2012, 2:02 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 28 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
Feb 24, 2012, 2:02 PM EST (19:02 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2012, 2:30 PM EST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Tift County, GA, Worth County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 24, 12:04 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 2012-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1115 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 2012-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 200 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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.

883 
WUUS52 KTAE 241902
SVRTAE
GAC071-075-277-321-241930-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0040.120224T1902Z-120224T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
202 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTH CENTRAL COOK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  TIFT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHERN WORTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 230 PM EST

* AT 159 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 NEAR DOERUN...OR NEAR SIGSBEE...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  NORMAN PARK...OMEGA...TY TY...LENOX...PHILLIPSBURG...UNIONVILLE AND
  TIFTON

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 3155 8341 3151 8338 3149 8338 3147 8335
      3146 8337 3140 8337 3135 8344 3130 8344
      3128 8341 3117 8392 3133 8400 3157 8349
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 250DEG 48KT 3130 8381

$$

38-GODSEY
1 follow-up statement
866 
WWUS52 KTAE 241921
SVSTAE

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

GAC321-241930-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-120224T1930Z/
WORTH GA-
221 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WORTH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED 
AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3156 8347 3155 8341 3153 8339 3149 8338
      3147 8335 3146 8337 3140 8337 3135 8344
      3128 8343 3123 8365 3148 8366 3157 8349
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 251DEG 52KT 3136 8351

$$

GAC071-075-277-241930-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-120224T1930Z/
TIFT GA-COLQUITT GA-COOK GA-
221 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EST
FOR NORTH CENTRAL COOK...NORTHEASTERN COLQUITT AND TIFT COUNTIES...

AT 218 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 OMEGA...MOVING EAST AT
60 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PHILLIPSBURG...ELDORADO...FENDER...UNIONVILLE...TIFTON...TIFT
AIRPORT...VANCEVILLE...BROOKFIELD AND HARDING

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 BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3156 8347 3155 8341 3153 8339 3149 8338
      3147 8335 3146 8337 3140 8337 3135 8344
      3128 8343 3123 8365 3148 8366 3157 8349
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 251DEG 52KT 3136 8351

$$

38-GODSEY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 5:59 AM ESTFire Weather WatchTAEBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more14 hr
Feb 24, 11:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEEarly, Miller, Seminole30 min
Feb 24, 12:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Decatur, Grady, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole38 min
Feb 24, 12:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Decatur, Grady, Mitchell34 min
Feb 24, 12:57 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEColquitt, Mitchell33 min
Feb 24, 1:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEColquitt, Cook, Mitchell, Tift, Worth49 min
Feb 24, 1:28 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEColquitt, Cook32 min
Feb 24, 1:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEColquitt, Mitchell50 min
Feb 24, 1:45 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEBerrien, Colquitt, Cook, Tift17 min
Feb 24, 1:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas30 min
Feb 24, 2:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEThomas29 min
Feb 24, 2:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Tift39 min
Feb 24, 3:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELanier, Lowndes26 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.