Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2012, 7:52 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 24, 2012, 7:52 PM EDT (23:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2012, 8:15 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 1610 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
942
WUUS52 KTAE 242352
SVRTAE
GAC173-185-250015-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0081.120324T2352Z-120325T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
752 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN LANIER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
EAST CENTRAL LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 748 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 NEAR NAYLOR...AND MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
STOCKTON AND GREENWOOD
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 3087 8320 3095 8321 3104 8296 3088 8297
3087 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 259DEG 18KT 3092 8310
$$
08-LAMERS2 follow-up statements
102 WWUS52 KTAE 250004 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 804 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012 GAC173-185-250015- /O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0081.000000T0000Z-120325T0015Z/ LOWNDES GA-LANIER GA- 804 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LANIER AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL LOWNDES COUNTIES... AT 802 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STOCKTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GREENWOOD && LAT...LON 3089 8310 3097 8311 3102 8296 3088 8297 TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 259DEG 18KT 3093 8303 $$ 08-LAMERS
441 WWUS52 KTAE 250013 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 813 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012 GAC173-185-250023- /O.EXP.KTAE.SV.W.0081.000000T0000Z-120325T0015Z/ LOWNDES GA-LANIER GA- 813 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LANIER AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL LOWNDES COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM EDT... THE STORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...LAW ENFORCEMENT. LAT...LON 3089 8310 3097 8311 3102 8296 3088 8297 TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 259DEG 18KT 3094 8298 $$ 08-LAMERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 10:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Berrien | 52 min |
| Mar 24, 11:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lanier | 48 min |
| Mar 24, 7:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lanier | 32 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.