Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 2016, 8:14 PM EST for Clay County, Quitman County, Randolph County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report 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
- Feb 15, 2016, 8:14 PM EST (01:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2016, 8:45 PM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clay County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 8:20 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Georgetown, GA | 2 REPORTS OF TREES DOWN IN QUITMAN COUNTY |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 8:07 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 168 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 940 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 366 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 383 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
505
WUUS52 KTAE 160114
SVRTAE
GAC061-239-243-160145-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0020.160216T0114Z-160216T0145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
814 PM EST MON FEB 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
QUITMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
WESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 845 PM EST
* AT 814 PM EST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKEPOINT RESORT STATE PARK TO
ABBEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORT GAINES...GEORGETOWN...UNION...CROSSROADS...SPRINGVALE...
SPRINGVALE STATION...BETHEL...MORRIS...WADES...BONAPARTES
RETREAT...HATCHER...PETERSON HILL...MOORES CROSSROADS...BAGBY STATE
PARK...STANDLEYS STORE...WALTER F GEORGE LAKE...COTTON HILL...
PECAN...GARNERSVILLE AND WIRE BRIDGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3197 8496 3194 8496 3192 8491 3193 8481
3192 8480 3192 8467 3167 8492 3152 8503
3152 8504 3157 8506 3162 8506 3164 8509
3166 8508 3170 8513 3174 8512 3178 8514
3189 8513 3194 8508 3199 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 271DEG 39KT 3208 8504 3154 8527
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
15-HARRIGANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 8:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Seminole | 62 min |
| Feb 15, 8:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Decatur, Early, Miller and 4 more | 54 min |
| Feb 15, 9:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell and 1 more | 42 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.