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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 6, 201411 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2014, 9:52 PM EDT for 11 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 53 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
Jun 6, 2014, 9:52 PM EDT (01:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2014, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Baker County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Worth County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 6, 10:22 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGColquitt, GAPOWER LINES DOWN IN THE CITY OF COLQUITT.
Jun 6, 10:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGCamilla, GAMULTIPLE REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS MITCHELL COUNTY.
Jun 6, 10:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGBainbridge, GANUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY
Jun 6, 10:50 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGOchlocknee, GACOUPLE OF TREES DOWN NEAR OCHLOCKNEE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 6, 7:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 00:00Z on 2014-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3735 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2014-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
3735 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
911 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

890 
WUUS52 KTAE 070152
SVRTAE
GAC007-071-087-099-131-201-205-253-275-277-321-070245-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0101.140607T0152Z-140607T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
952 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOULTRIE...
  NORTHERN THOMAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  WESTERN TIFT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHERN WORTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  BAKER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEWTON...
  NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BAINBRIDGE...
  SOUTHERN EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  NORTHERN GRADY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLQUITT...
  MITCHELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PELHAM...CAMILLA...
  SEMINOLE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DONALSONVILLE...

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT

* AT 947 PM EDT...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
  10 MILES WEST OF TY TY TO 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF DONALSONVILLE...OR
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM POULAN TO FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT...AND
  MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  DOERUN...OMEGA...NORMAN PARK...WEST BAINBRIDGE...OCHLOCKNEE AND
  COOLIDGE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL
THIS STORM PASSES.

&&

LAT...LON 3156 8360 3125 8351 3104 8358 3104 8373
      3079 8493 3089 8494 3098 8501 3104 8501
      3128 8511 3141 8444 3144 8400
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 344DEG 28KT 3147 8380 3119 8506

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 8:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBen Hill, Dougherty, Irwin, Lee, Turner, Worth55 min
Jun 6, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEClay, Quitman, Randolph64 min
Jun 6, 9:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt, Dougherty, Early and 5 more59 min
Jun 6, 10:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur, Grady and 4 more30 min
Jun 6, 11:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes, Thomas28 min
Jun 6, 11:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Lanier, Lowndes32 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.