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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 3, 20124 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2012, 5:07 PM EDT for 4 counties in 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: Apr 3, 2012, 5:07 PM EDT (21:07 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Brooks County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Thomas County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 96 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

773 
WUUS52 KTAE 032107
SVRTAE
GAC027-071-075-275-032130-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0095.120403T2107Z-120403T2130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BROOKS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHEASTERN THOMAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 505 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 PAVO...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  AUTREYVILLE...SAND HILL...SPENCE AIRPORT...BERLIN...BARNEY...
  PINEBORO...PINE VALLEY AND GREGGS.

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 3122 8370 3110 8340 3095 8354 3090 8374
      3100 8386
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 228DEG 27KT 3100 8373

$$

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, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Grady, Thomas	29 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, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Early	39 min
Apr 3, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Early	17 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.