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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 280, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 15, 2016Brooks County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2016, 7:05 PM EDT for Brooks County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min. 3 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
Aug 15, 2016, 7:05 PM EDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 2016, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Brooks County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 15, 7:12 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGMorven, GATREE DOWN IN MORVEN ON HWY 76
Aug 15, 7:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Wsw Morven, GATREE DOWN ON POWER LINE RESULTING IN A POWER OUTAGE TO 54 CUSTOMERS ALONG GIN STREET ON THE WEST SITE OF MORVEN. REPORTED ON GEORGIA POWER OUTAGE MAP
Aug 15, 7:35 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 Se Sand Hill, GATREE DOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF KENNEDY HILL ROAD AND COFFEE ROAD

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

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 12:00Z on 2016-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 428 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
428 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
963 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

329 
WUUS52 KTAE 152305
SVRTAE
GAC027-152345-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0280.160815T2305Z-160815T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
705 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BROOKS COUNTY IN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 705 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF HAHIRA...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUITMAN...MOVING
  WEST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  QUITMAN...PAVO...MORVEN...BARWICK...DIXIE...BROOKS CO A/P...
  HOLLIS...PIDCOCK...BLUE SPRINGS...BARNEY AND OAKLAWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3083 8339 3083 8341 3081 8343 3082 8345
      3078 8346 3077 8345 3075 8348 3071 8346
      3073 8374 3104 8374 3103 8357 3104 8357
      3101 8346 3095 8343 3090 8344 3089 8342
      3088 8338
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 109DEG 14KT 3091 8348 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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1 follow-up statement
618 
WWUS52 KTAE 152321
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
721 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016

GAC027-152345-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0280.000000T0000Z-160815T2345Z/
BROOKS GA-
721 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR BROOKS COUNTY...

AT 721 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF
QUITMAN...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
QUITMAN...PAVO...MORVEN...BARWICK...DIXIE...BROOKS CO A/P...HOLLIS...
PIDCOCK...BARNEY AND OAKLAWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3076 8350 3073 8374 3104 8374 3103 8357
      3104 8357 3101 8346 3095 8343 3089 8347
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 108DEG 14KT 3092 8354 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 6:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELanier, Lowndes37 min
Aug 15, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBerrien, Brooks, Cook, Lowndes51 min
Aug 15, 7:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBrooks, Colquitt37 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.