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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 30, 20157 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2015, 2:07 PM EDT for 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 53 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: Jun 30, 2015, 2:07 PM EDT (18:07 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2015, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Ben Hill County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lee County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Jun 30, 2:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Oakfield, GA	COUPLE TREES DOWN NEAR OAKFIELD NEAR GA-300.
Jun 30, 3:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Wnw Ashburn, GA	TREE DOWN ACROSS WARWICK HIGHWAY

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 8 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 30, 2:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 154 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: 836 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1058 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -2 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.

779 
WUUS52 KTAE 301807
SVRTAE
GAC017-095-155-177-277-287-321-301900-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0202.150630T1807Z-150630T1900Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
207 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TURNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  TIFT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  EASTERN DOUGHERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
  NORTHWESTERN BEN HILL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  WORTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  EASTERN LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
  NORTHWESTERN IRWIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 207 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 9
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF DESOTO TO NEAR PUTNEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PUTNEY...TIFTON...ASHBURN...SYLVESTER...ALBANY...POULAN...TY TY...
  MARINE CORPS LOGISTICS BASE...PHILLIPSBURG...TURNER CITY...
  UNIONVILLE...EAST ALBANY...WORTH...TERRELL...SYCAMORE...SUMNER...
  WARWICK...REBECCA...SYLVESTER AIRPORT AND ARP.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3191 8392 3184 8394 3184 8386 3180 8380
      3180 8361 3185 8361 3184 8328 3136 8351
      3140 8400 3144 8400 3144 8424 3191 8396
TIME...MOT...LOC 1807Z 261DEG 27KT 3186 8395 3148 8416 

$$

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1 follow-up statement

519 
WWUS52 KTAE 301841
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
241 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

GAC095-177-301851-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0202.000000T0000Z-150630T1900Z/
DOUGHERTY GA-LEE GA-
241 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN DOUGHERTY AND EASTERN
LEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3184 8328 3136 8351 3140 8400 3146 8400
      3146 8398 3155 8400 3156 8398 3165 8399
      3165 8402 3172 8403 3176 8399 3180 8401
      3180 8398 3185 8395 3184 8387 3180 8380
      3180 8361 3185 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 271DEG 30KT 3168 8386 

$$

GAC017-155-277-287-321-301900-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0202.000000T0000Z-150630T1900Z/
TURNER GA-TIFT GA-BEN HILL GA-WORTH GA-IRWIN GA-
241 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT
FOR TURNER...TIFT...NORTHWESTERN BEN HILL...WORTH AND NORTHWESTERN
IRWIN COUNTIES...

AT 241 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF SYLVESTER...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TIFTON...ASHBURN...SYLVESTER...POULAN...TY TY...PHILLIPSBURG...
UNIONVILLE...MARINE CORPS LOGISTICS BASE...WORTH...TERRELL...
SYCAMORE...SUMNER...WARWICK...REBECCA...SYLVESTER AIRPORT...ARP...
LIVINGSTON...TEMPY...COVERDALE AND POWELLTOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN TALLAHASSEE.

&&

LAT...LON 3184 8328 3136 8351 3140 8400 3146 8400
      3146 8398 3155 8400 3156 8398 3165 8399
      3165 8402 3172 8403 3176 8399 3180 8401
      3180 8398 3185 8395 3184 8387 3180 8380
      3180 8361 3185 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 271DEG 30KT 3168 8386 

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 30, 9:14 AM EDT, 4 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 9:14 AM EDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
914 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

...SOME SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...

.NEAR TERM [THROUGH TODAY]...

THE MORNING ANALYSIS DEPICTS UPPER LEVEL TROUGHING STRETCHING FROM
THE GREAT LAKES TO THE SOUTHEAST STATES WITH AN MCS ORGANIZING
ACROSS PORTIONS OF MS AND AL AND PROPAGATING SOUTHEASTWARD. THE
AIRMASS AHEAD OF IT IS MOIST AND UNSTABLE WITH A RATHER IMPRESSIVE
12Z KTAE SOUNDING. THE SOUNDING DEPICTS STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE
RATES FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR AROUND 6.7 C/KM AND SBCAPE ALREADY
OVER 2000 J/KG. THERE ARE ALSO SOME ABOVE AVERAGE UPPER LEVEL
WINDS WITH 700 MB WINDS OVER 30 KNOTS...WHICH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO
ABOVE AVERAGE SHEAR FOR THIS TIME YEAR. UNLIKE THE PAST COUPLE OF
MORNINGS...THERE IS NOT MUCH CLOUD COVER OR EARLY CONVECTION
ACROSS THE AREA...AND THIS WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO STRONGER
DESTABILIZATION THIS AFTERNOON.

GIVEN THESE FACTORS...AN ACTIVE AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED WITH
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING. THE
IMPRESSIVE THERMODYNAMICS COUPLED WITH SHEAR THAT IS A BIT ABOVE
NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR THANKS TO THE UNUSUALLY DEEP UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH ARE EXPECTED TO YIELD SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS
WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. HOWEVER...SOME LARGE
HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE GIVEN THE STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES. IT
WAS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT A GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORT WAS
RECEIVED WITH THE CONVECTION BACK IN CENTRAL ALABAMA EARLIER THIS
MORNING. THE LAST SEVERAL RUNS OF THE HRRR HAVE SHOWN EXPLICIT 50
KNOT GUSTS WITH CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH IS ANOTHER SIGN
THAT THE ENVIRONMENT IS FORECAST TO BE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
STORMS.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION [628 AM EDT]...

.SHORT TERM [TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY]...

THE BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH COVERING THE EASTERN CONUS WILL REMAIN
IN PLACE WITH A FEW IMPULSES ROUNDING IT'S BASE IMPACTING THE LOCAL
REGION. AT THE SURFACE, THE AXIS OF THE WESTERN EXTENSION OF THE
BERMUDA RIDGE WILL STAY SOUTH OF THE LOCAL AREA KEEPING LOW LEVEL
WINDS OUT OF THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST. WITH PLENTIFUL MOISTURE IN PLACE
ALONG WITH INCREASED INSTABILITY, WE SEE A FAIRLY ACTIVE PERIOD FOR
CONVECTION. ALTHOUGH THE HIGHEST POPS WILL BE DURING THE DAYTIME,
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD LINGER INTO THE EVENING
BOTH DAYS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER
90S AND LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S.

.LONG TERM [THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY]...

BY FRIDAY, MID TO UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL BEGIN TO EXTEND WESTWARD
FROM THE WESTERN ATLANTIC BECOMING MORE ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE GULF
OVER THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE EASTERN TROUGH SLOWLY DE-
AMPLIFIES. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO SLIGHTLY WARMER AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES (MID 90S VS LOWER 90S) ALONG WITH BELOW NORMAL RAIN
CHANCES.

.AVIATION...
[THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY]... MVFR CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE
IN THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. INCLUDED VCTS AT ECP AND TLH THIS MORNING
AND AT OTHER TERMINALS STARTING EARLY AFTERNOON. OUTSIDE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS.

.MARINE...

WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE TO CAUTIONARY LEVELS LATER THIS
MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. CONDITIONS DROP BELOW
HEADLINE LEVELS ON WEDNESDAY AND GRADUALLY IMPROVE LATER THIS WEEK
THROUGH THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER
THE LOCAL WATERS.

.FIRE WEATHER...

TODAY WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE. WITH RH ABOVE
CRITICAL THRESHOLDS, THERE ARE NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS.

.HYDROLOGY...

ALTHOUGH RAIN CHANCES WILL BE FAIRLY HIGH THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF
THE WEEK, RELATIVELY STRONG WEST WINDS WILL KEEP THE CONVECTION
MOVING QUICKLY, AVOIDING HIGH RAINFALL TOTALS IN ALL BUT A FEW
SPOTS. SOME RIVERS HAVE RISEN FROM HEAVIER RAINS LAST WEEK, BUT
ALL WERE BELOW THEIR LOCAL ACTION STAGES, AND THIS WILL LIKELY
CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...

TALLAHASSEE   91  74  92  73  92 /  60  40  50  30  50
PANAMA CITY   87  78  88  76  89 /  50  40  40  30  40
DOTHAN        91  71  92  72  91 /  60  50  50  30  50
ALBANY        92  71  93  71  92 /  60  50  40  30  60
VALDOSTA      91  72  92  73  92 /  60  40  50  30  60
CROSS CITY    90  74  91  73  91 /  50  30  50  30  40
APALACHICOLA  88  78  88  77  90 /  50  30  40  30  30

&&

.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR
     COASTAL BAY-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL GULF-SOUTH WALTON.

GA...NONE.
AL...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&

NEAR TERM...DVD
SHORT TERM...BARRY
LONG TERM...BARRY
AVIATION...WESTON
MARINE...BARRY
FIRE WEATHER...WESTON
HYDROLOGY...FOURNIER/CAMP

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 30, 12:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1221 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1156 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 ESE CAIRO             30.86N 84.16W
06/30/2015                   GRADY              GA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN ON JOYNER ROAD.

&&

GODSEY

Local storm report, Jun 30, 12:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1225 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1212 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 N THOMASVILLE         30.88N 83.97W
06/30/2015                   THOMAS             GA   911 CALL CENTER

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN JUST NORTH OF THOMASVILLE. NUMEROUS
            POWERLINES ALSO DOWN. ADDITIONAL REPORT IN THE COUNTY OF
            LIGHTNING STRIKING A HOME.

&&

GODSEY

Local storm report, Jun 30, 1:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
104 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0100 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N WILLIS              30.59N 85.18W
06/30/2015                   JACKSON            FL   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SR 73 AND HASTY POND
            ROAD.

&&

GODSEY

Local storm report, Jun 30, 1:34 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
134 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0119 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SNEADS                  30.71N 84.92W
06/30/2015                   JACKSON            FL   911 CALL CENTER

            COUPLE TREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR SNEADS.

&&

GODSEY

Local storm report, Jun 30, 1:39 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
139 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0102 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 ENE HAHIRA            31.01N 83.30W
06/30/2015                   LOWNDES            GA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN ACROSS NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY.

0124 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LAKE PARK               30.68N 83.19W
06/30/2015                   LOWNDES            GA   911 CALL CENTER

            A FEW TREES DOWN AROUND LAKE PARK.

&&

GODSEY

Local storm report, Jun 30, 1:45 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
145 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0131 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MOUNT PLEASANT          30.66N 84.69W
06/30/2015                   GADSDEN            FL   911 CALL CENTER

            A COUPLE TREES DOWN IN MT PLEASANT.

0140 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N QUINCY              30.59N 84.58W
06/30/2015                   GADSDEN            FL   911 CALL CENTER

            ONE TREE DOWN NORTH OF QUINCY.

&&

GODSEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 30, 11:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Grady, Thomas	67 min
Jun 30, 12:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Seminole	65 min
Jun 30, 12:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes	87 min
Jun 30, 1:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Seminole	67 min
Jun 30, 1:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas	50 min
Jun 30, 1:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady, Thomas	60 min
Jun 30, 2:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth	51 min
Jun 30, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Randolph, Terrell, Worth	58 min
Jun 30, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Seminole	43 min
Jun 30, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth	48 min
Jun 30, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady, Seminole	49 min
Jun 30, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Berrien, Irwin, Tift, Worth	54 min
Jun 30, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady, Thomas	67 min
Jun 30, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Grady, Thomas	63 min
Jun 30, 6:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Lowndes	55 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.