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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 3, 2012Brooks County, Grady County, Thomas County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2012, 4:26 PM EDT for Brooks County, Grady County, Thomas County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 min. 4 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, 4:26 PM EDT (20:26 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Brooks County, GA, Grady County, GA, Thomas County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 3, 4:27 PM EDTHAIL 13 S Thomasville, GAQUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED SOUTH OF THOMASVILLE VIA FACEBOOK POST.
Apr 3, 4:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 S Five Points, GAA FEW SMALL TREES AND LARGE LIMBS WERE DOWN ON OZELL ROAD NEAR FIVE FORKS ROAD.
Apr 3, 4:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 S Thomasville Municip, GAA LARGE HOLLOW TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN IN THE FRONT YARD OF A HOME ABOUT .5 TO .75 MILES EAST OF HIGHWAY 122 ON OZELL ROAD.
Apr 3, 4:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Se Thomasville Munici, GATREES DOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 122 AND COFFEE 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 2012-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 984 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 2012-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
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

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The text

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

622 
WUUS52 KTAE 032026
SVRTAE
GAC027-131-275-032100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0092.120403T2026Z-120403T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
426 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL BROOKS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  THOMAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  EAST CENTRAL GRADY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 422 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A LINE OF
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF THOMASVILLE TO
  THOMASVILLE TO BOSTON TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF BOSTON...OR ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM PINE PARK TO THOMASVILLE TO NEWARK TO EASON TO
  EVERETT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  COOLIDGE AND PAVO

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 3094 8408 3101 8401 3103 8386 3101 8376
      3094 8368 3082 8368 3070 8373 3066 8380
      3069 8391 3075 8398 3078 8405 3085 8417
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 213DEG 21KT 3087 8409 3089 8399
          3085 8388 3080 8384 3070 8374

$$

15-HARRIGAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGrady37 min
Apr 3, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGrady, Thomas27 min
Apr 3, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGrady, Thomas24 min
Apr 3, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGrady, Thomas29 min
Apr 3, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEClay43 min
Apr 3, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEThomas32 min
Apr 3, 4:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEQuitman51 min
Apr 3, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Thomas33 min
Apr 3, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Colquitt, Cook, Thomas23 min
Apr 3, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEEarly39 min
Apr 3, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEEarly17 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.