Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 21, 2012, 8:28 PM EST for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 32 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
- Jan 21, 2012, 8:28 PM EST (01:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2012, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Brooks County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Thomas County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 670 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 822 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS52 KTAE 220128
SVRTAE
GAC027-071-075-185-275-220200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0009.120122T0128Z-120122T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
828 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BROOKS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHERN COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHEASTERN THOMAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 900 PM EST
* AT 824 PM EST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
15 MILES WEST OF SPARKS TO 11 MILES NORTH OF PAVO TO 9 MILES
NORTHWEST OF PAVO... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ADEL...ELLENTON...BERLIN...BARNEY...AND HAHIRA.
THIS INCLUDES PARTS OF INTERSTATE 75 IN LOWNDES AND COOK
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3119 8337 3096 8335 3086 8369 3110 8393
3114 8373 3125 8373
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 303DEG 29KT 3122 8365 3110 8364
3104 8382
$$
08-LAMERS2 follow-up statements
722
WWUS52 KTAE 220148
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
848 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012
GAC027-071-075-185-275-220200-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120122T0200Z/
THOMAS GA-LOWNDES GA-BROOKS GA-COLQUITT GA-COOK GA-
848 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST
FOR SOUTHERN COOK...SOUTHEASTERN COLQUITT...NORTHERN BROOKS...
NORTHWESTERN LOWNDES AND NORTHEASTERN THOMAS COUNTIES...
AT 843 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM REED BINGHAM STATE PARK TO BERLIN TO ENON...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SAND
HILL...PAVO...HOLLIS...SPARKS...BARNEY...COOK COUNTY AIRPORT...PINE
VALLEY...MORVEN...HAHIRA...GREGGS...CECIL AND ADEL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS
ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3109 8368 3117 8364 3118 8337 3096 8335
3086 8369 3104 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 308DEG 22KT 3113 8356 3102 8358
3096 8379
$$
08-LAMERS754
WWUS52 KTAE 220201
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
901 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012
GAC027-071-075-185-275-220210-
/O.EXP.KTAE.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120122T0200Z/
THOMAS GA-LOWNDES GA-BROOKS GA-COLQUITT GA-COOK GA-
901 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN COOK...SOUTHEASTERN
COLQUITT...NORTHERN BROOKS...NORTHWESTERN LOWNDES AND NORTHEASTERN
THOMAS COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED
BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND SOME
GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE
OF STORMS AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST TOWARDS QUITMAN AND VALDOSTA.
LAT...LON 3109 8368 3117 8364 3118 8337 3096 8335
3086 8369 3104 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 308DEG 22KT 3113 8356 3102 8358
3096 8379
$$
08-LAMERSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 7:29 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Colquitt | 46 min |
| Jan 21, 8:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt | 23 min |
| Jan 21, 8:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Brooks, Lowndes | 63 min |
| Jan 21, 9:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lowndes | 47 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.