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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2012, 3:49 PM EST for Lanier County, Lowndes County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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, 3:49 PM EST (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2012, 4:15 PM EST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA
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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 125 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.
893
WUUS52 KTAE 242049
SVRTAE
GAC173-185-242115-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0043.120224T2049Z-120224T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
349 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LANIER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
EASTERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 415 PM EST
* AT 346 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 VALDOSTA REGIONAL AIRPORT...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
NAYLOR...STOCKTON AND GREENWOOD
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 3084 8301 3084 8308 3081 8310 3079 8313
3074 8313 3073 8326 3082 8330 3101 8297
3087 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 247DEG 50KT 3084 8316
$$
38-GODSEY1 follow-up statement
748
WWUS52 KTAE 242058
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
358 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
GAC173-185-242115-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120224T2115Z/
LOWNDES GA-LANIER GA-
358 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LANIER AND EASTERN LOWNDES COUNTIES...
AT 355 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NAYLOR...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
STOCKTON AND GREENWOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3084 8301 3084 8308 3081 8310 3080 8312
3079 8313 3077 8319 3089 8317 3101 8297
3087 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 247DEG 50KT 3089 8302
$$
38-GODSEYThe 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, 12:41 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 |
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.