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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 16, 2012Lanier County, Lowndes County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 2012, 7:22 PM EDT for Lanier County, Lowndes County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 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
Mar 16, 2012, 7:22 PM EDT (23:22 UTC)
Expired
Mar 16, 2012, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 2012-03-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 654 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
654 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
993 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

686 
WUUS52 KTAE 162322
SVRTAE
GAC173-185-162345-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0077.120316T2322Z-120316T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
722 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LANIER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  EAST CENTRAL LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 720 PM EDT...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 NEAR NAYLOR.
  THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

AT 720 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL 
ALONG HIGHWAY 84 NEAR NAYLOR. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RELAY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT 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 8299 3084 8301 3084 8308 3081 8310
      3081 8311 3083 8315 3100 8307 3097 8296
      3087 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 334DEG 1KT 3088 8303

$$

38-GODSEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELanier28 min
Mar 16, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELanier34 min
Mar 16, 7:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBen Hill57 min
Mar 16, 7:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBen Hill, Irwin41 min
Mar 16, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELowndes52 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.