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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 3, 20165 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2016, 4:41 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 31 min. 5 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: May 3, 2016, 4:41 PM EDT (20:41 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2016, 5:12 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Colquitt County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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
May 3, 4:44 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 W Scooterville, GA	TREES DOWN IN THE SCOOTERVILLE AREA.
May 3, 4:46 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Ene Minton, GA	QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED VIA MPING.
May 3, 4:55 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	1 Ne Tifton, GA	HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT THE TIFT COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
May 3, 4:55 PM EDT	HAIL 2	Tifton, GA	OBLONG SPIKY HAIL STONE PICTURE POSTED TO WALB-TV FACEBOOK PAGE...ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES LENGTHWISE...BUT NARROWER IN WIDTH.
May 3, 4:59 PM EDT	HAIL 1.5	2 E Tifton, GA	PING PONG BALL SIZE SPIKY HAIL REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 82 AND 319.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 3, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 136 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: 721 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

As transmitted.

528 
WUUS52 KTAE 032041
SVRTAE
GAC071-155-277-287-321-032130-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0101.160503T2041Z-160503T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
441 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN TURNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHWESTERN COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  TIFT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN IRWIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN WORTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 440 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DOERUN...OR 12
  MILES SOUTH OF SYLVESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TIFTON...OMEGA...DOERUN...TY TY...PHILLIPSBURG...UNIONVILLE...MINNESOTA...
  HARDING...NEW ELM...TIFT AIRPORT...VANCEVILLE...SCOOTERVILLE...
  HILLSDALE...BROOKFIELD...TICKNOR...MINTON...TEMPY...EXCELSIOR...CHULA AND
  PRITCHETTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3147 8335 3146 8337 3141 8337 3125 8393
      3136 8398 3166 8347
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 243DEG 27KT 3135 8384 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

9-FOURNIER

2 follow-up statements

910 
WWUS52 KTAE 032052
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
452 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016

GAC071-321-032102-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-160503T2130Z/
COLQUITT GA-WORTH GA-
452 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN COLQUITT AND
SOUTHEASTERN WORTH COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS 
MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3147 8335 3146 8337 3141 8337 3135 8358
      3147 8362 3166 8347
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 244DEG 33KT 3145 8351 

$$

GAC155-277-287-032130-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-160503T2130Z/
TURNER GA-TIFT GA-IRWIN GA-
452 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN TURNER...TIFT AND SOUTHWESTERN IRWIN COUNTIES...

AT 452 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER TIFTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TIFTON...UNIONVILLE...PHILLIPSBURG...CHULA...HARDING...TIFT AIRPORT...
VANCEVILLE...HILLSDALE...BROOKFIELD AND WATERLOO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3147 8335 3146 8337 3141 8337 3135 8358
      3147 8362 3166 8347
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 244DEG 33KT 3145 8351 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

9-FOURNIER

397 
WWUS52 KTAE 032112
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
512 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016

GAC155-277-287-032122-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-160503T2130Z/
TURNER GA-TIFT GA-IRWIN GA-
512 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TURNER...TIFT AND
SOUTHWESTERN IRWIN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3147 8335 3146 8337 3141 8337 3135 8358
      3147 8362 3166 8347
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 243DEG 27KT 3152 8335 

$$

9-FOURNIER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Mitchell, Worth	26 min
May 3, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Mitchell, Worth	27 min
May 3, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Thomas	37 min
May 3, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Lowndes	38 min
May 3, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Cook, Irwin, Tift	13 min
May 3, 5:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth	13 min
May 3, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lanier, Lowndes	15 min
May 3, 5:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Berrien, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth	31 min
May 3, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes	45 min
May 3, 6:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin	10 min
May 3, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lanier	18 min
May 3, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Grady	30 min
May 3, 7:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lee, Worth	32 min

Nearby

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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.