Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2012, 4:16 PM EDT for Grady County, Thomas County, Georgia; Jefferson County, Leon County, Florida. It was in force for 29 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2012, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2012, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Grady County, GA, Thomas County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 4:19 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wsw Concord, FL | TREE DOWN NEAR MICCOSUKEE ROAD AND BAUM ROAD |
| Apr 3, 4:22 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Concord, FL | TREE DOWN ON CHEMONIE PLANTATION NEAR MICCOSUKEE ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 31 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
- 984 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 995 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
611
WUUS52 KTAE 032016
SVRTAE
FLC065-073-GAC131-275-032045-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0091.120403T2016Z-120403T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
416 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
NORTHEASTERN LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN THOMAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN GRADY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT
* AT 412 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 PISGAH CHURCH...OR NEAR BAUM...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CONCORD...MICCOSUKEE...LAKE MICCOSUKEE AND FESTUS
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 3071 8413 3059 8388 3052 8399 3048 8406
3056 8421
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 235DEG 25KT 3055 8408
$$
15-HARRIGAN1 follow-up statement
499 WWUS52 KTAE 032029 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 429 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 GAC131-032039- /O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0091.000000T0000Z-120403T2045Z/ GRADY GA- 429 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRADY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3060 8413 3068 8407 3059 8388 3052 8400 TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 235DEG 25KT 3060 8399 $$ FLC065-073-GAC275-032045- /O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0091.000000T0000Z-120403T2045Z/ THOMAS GA-LEON FL-JEFFERSON FL- 429 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON...NORTHEASTERN LEON AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN THOMAS COUNTIES... AT 426 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 MICCOSUKEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FESTUS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3060 8413 3068 8407 3059 8388 3052 8400 TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 235DEG 25KT 3060 8399 $$ 15-HARRIGAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Grady | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Grady, Thomas | 27 min |
| Apr 3, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Grady, Thomas | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Clay | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Grady, Thomas | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Thomas | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Quitman | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Thomas | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Thomas | 23 min |
| Apr 3, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Early | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Early | 17 min |
| Apr 3, 7:19 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 86 min | |
| Apr 3, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon, Wakulla | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.