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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 286, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 15, 2015Miller County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2015, 8:59 PM EDT for Miller County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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: Jul 15, 2015, 8:59 PM EDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2015, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Miller County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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
Jul 15, 9:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Wsw Colquitt, GA	SOME TREES DOWN IN MILLER COUNTY WITH POWER OUTAGES
Jul 15, 9:12 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 W Colquitt, GA	EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS APPROXIMATELY 25 TREES DOWN WEST OF COLQUITT WITH THREE ON HOMES. MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED TO CARPORTS AND BARNS IN THE AREA. FARMER REPORTED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO CORN CROP FOLLOWING STORM FROM HAIL OF UNKNOWN SIZE.

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 11 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 nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 91 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: 1465 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1137 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 4.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

635 
WUUS52 KTAE 160059
SVRTAE
GAC201-160145-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0286.150716T0059Z-150716T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
859 PM EDT WED JUL 15 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 859 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED OVER COLQUITT...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COLQUITT...ENTERPRISE...MACEDONIA...HARMONY CHURCH RD/HWY 45...
  MAYHAW...BOYKIN...COOKTOWN...JETERVILLE...BELLVIEW AND BABCOCK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3125 8454 3108 8454 3108 8464 3107 8465
      3107 8492 3125 8492
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 016DEG 12KT 3118 8477 

$$

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2 follow-up statements

772 
WWUS52 KTAE 160105
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
905 PM EDT WED JUL 15 2015

GAC201-160145-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0286.000000T0000Z-150716T0145Z/
MILLER GA-
905 PM EDT WED JUL 15 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT
FOR MILLER COUNTY...

AT 904 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLQUITT...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLQUITT...ENTERPRISE...MACEDONIA...HARMONY CHURCH RD/HWY 45...
MAYHAW...BOYKIN...JETERVILLE AND BABCOCK.

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 3125 8461 3108 8461 3108 8464 3107 8465
      3107 8492 3125 8492
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 021DEG 13KT 3116 8479 

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500 
WWUS52 KTAE 160117
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
917 PM EDT WED JUL 15 2015

GAC201-160145-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0286.000000T0000Z-150716T0145Z/
MILLER GA-
917 PM EDT WED JUL 15 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MILLER COUNTY...

AT 916 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLQUITT...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLQUITT...ENTERPRISE...MAYHAW...BOYKIN AND BABCOCK. 

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 3120 8464 3108 8464 3107 8465 3107 8492
      3122 8492
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 011DEG 11KT 3113 8479 

$$

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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 Jul 15, 8:38 PM EDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 8:38 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
838 PM EDT WED JUL 15 2015

.Near Term [Through Tonight]...

21Z REGIONAL SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES THE SURFACE COLD FRONT ACROSS
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA, CENTRAL GEORGIA, AND NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS
NORTHERN ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI INTO ARKANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS
FORMING AHEAD THIS FRONT CONTINUE TO FORM AND PROPAGATE SOUTHWARD
THIS EVENING. MANY OF THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN
AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE THOUGH THE
EVENING, BEGINNING TO DIMINISH AROUND MIDNIGHT, BUT WITH LATE NIGHT-
EARLY MORNING CONVECTION EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN ALONG THE EASTERN
FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION. WITH HIGH CLOUD COVER EXPECTED,
TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY FALL INTO THE MID-UPPER 70S, NEAR 80 ALONG
THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE.

&&

.Aviation...
[Through 00Z Friday] LINE OF STORMS HAS MOVED THROUGH ABY AND
CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTH. TEMPO GROUPS AT DHN, VLD AND TLH UNTIL 03Z
FOR GUSTY WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. AFTER THESE STORMS MOVE
THROUGH, VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT ALL TERMINALS.

&&

.Prev Discussion [450 PM EDT]...

.Short Term [Thursday Through Friday Night]...

A SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL MAKE ITS WAY DOWN AND REMAIN JUST NORTH OF
OUR CWA THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO STORMS FORMING SOUTH
OF THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY, WE ALSO EXPECT STORMS TO FORM ALONG THE
SEABREEZE BOUNDARY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO LINGER ON INTO THE EVENING HOURS.
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON WITH
DAMAGING WINDS AS THE MAIN THREAT.

BY FRIDAY, THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BEGIN TO DECAY, BUT THE
REMNANTS OF THE BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH TOWARDS THE
GULF COAST AND BECOME SOMEWHAT STATIONARY. THEREFORE, CONVECTION
FRIDAY WILL BE FOCUSED MORE ALONG NORTH FLORIDA, WITH MORE ISOLATED
CONVECTION POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
AS THE AFTERNOON SEABREEZE FRONT MAKES ITS WAY INLAND.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE A BIT ABOVE NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE
MID 90S AND LOWS IN THE MID 70S, PEAKING IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S
FRIDAY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA, WHERE RAIN
CHANCES WILL BE LOWER.

.Long Term [Saturday Through Wednesday]...

A SURFACE TROUGH WILL LAY ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COASTLINE AND
ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA THROUGH THE WEEKEND WHILE HIGH PRESSURE
ALOFT OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL BUILD EASTWARD. BY MONDAY,
STACKED HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE IN PLACE OVER THE SOUTHEAST, WITH
ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS, SWINGING
EASTWARD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD. POPS
WILL BE NEAR CLIMO FOR THE SUMMER, AROUND 40 PERCENT, WITH
TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL, PEAKING IN THE LOW TO MID 90S
DURING THE DAY AND DIPPING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S AT NIGHT.

.Marine...

WESTERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH
ONSHORE SURGES WITH THE SEABREEZE FRONT EACH AFTERNOON. WINDS
TONIGHT WILL BE AROUND 15 TO 20 KNOTS WITH THE PRESENCE OF A
COASTAL BOUNDARY...BUT WILL DECREASE HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND.
SEAS WILL BE AROUND 2-4 FEET THROUGH FRIDAY...LOWERING TO 1-2 FEET
BY EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.Fire Weather...

GUSTY TRANSPORT WINDS WILL RESULT IN HIGHER DISPERSIONS IN THE
AFTERNOONS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THERE ARE NO OTHER FIRE WEATHER
CONCERNS.

.Hydrology...

RAINFALL TOTALS THIS MORNING ALONG COASTAL BIG BEND AREAS WERE
AROUND 2-4", WITH PARTS OF COASTAL DIXIE COUNTY ACCUMULATING UP TO
AROUND 4-6". ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TOMORROW IN THIS
AREA, WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. ADDITIONALLY, SOUTHWEST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA MAY SEE A FEW STORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAINFALL TODAY AND TOMORROW, WHICH MAY ALSO CAUSE LOCALIZED
FLOODING. OTHERWISE, OUT AREA RIVERS REMAIN WELL BELOW ACTION
STAGE AND WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY MAIN STEM CONCERNS.

&&

.Preliminary Point Temps/PoPs...

Tallahassee   77  94  76  95  76 /  60  40  30  40  30
Panama City   80  90  80  90  80 /  40  40  30  40  30
Dothan        76  95  76  97  76 /  60  30  20  30  20
Albany        75  95  75  96  75 /  60  30  20  30  20
Valdosta      76  94  74  95  74 /  60  40  30  40  30
Cross City    76  90  76  92  75 /  50  50  40  50  40
Apalachicola  80  91  81  92  79 /  30  40  30  40  40

&&

.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
AL...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&

NEAR TERM...MOORE
SHORT TERM...MOORE/CHANEY
LONG TERM...MOORE
AVIATION...WESTON
MARINE...MOORE
FIRE WEATHER...WESTON
HYDROLOGY...MOORE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 15, 6:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
626 PM EDT WED JUL 15 2015

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

0530 PM     TSTM WND DMG     POULAN                  31.52N 83.79W
07/15/2015                   WORTH              GA   911 CALL CENTER

            REPORT OF EITHER A TREE OR LARGE BRANCH DOWN ON A HOUSE
            IN POULAN

&&

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Local storm report, Jul 15, 6:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
632 PM EDT WED JUL 15 2015

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

0540 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HOLT                    31.60N 83.15W
07/15/2015                   IRWIN              GA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY

0540 PM     TSTM WND DMG     OCILLA                  31.60N 83.25W
07/15/2015                   IRWIN              GA   911 CALL CENTER

            POWER LINES DOWN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF OCILLA

&&

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Local storm report, Jul 15, 7:59 PM EDT, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
759 PM EDT WED JUL 15 2015

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

0730 PM     TSTM WND DMG     THOMASVILLE             30.84N 83.98W
07/15/2015                   THOMAS             GA   911 CALL CENTER

            TWO TREES DOWN WITHIN THE CITY OF THOMASVILLE

0745 PM     TSTM WND DMG     METCALF                 30.70N 83.99W
07/15/2015                   THOMAS             GA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN IN SOUTHERN THOMAS COUNTY SOUTH OF THOMASVILLE

&&

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Local storm report, Jul 15, 8:09 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
809 PM EDT WED JUL 15 2015

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

0745 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BEACHTON                30.73N 84.14W
07/15/2015                   GRADY              GA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN IN GRADY COUNTY.

&&

EWESTON

Local storm report, Jul 15, 8:18 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
818 PM EDT WED JUL 15 2015

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

0811 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W BLOCKER             30.59N 84.28W
07/15/2015                   LEON               FL   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN AT MERIDIAN RD AND BANNERMAN RD.

&&

EWESTON

Local storm report, Jul 15, 8:33 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
833 PM EDT WED JUL 15 2015

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

0730 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CAIRO                   30.88N 84.21W
07/15/2015                   GRADY              GA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN CAIRO.

&&

EWESTON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 9:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lee, Terrell, Worth	63 min
Jul 16, 6:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks	39 min
Jul 16, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks	32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2015 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015

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.