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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 280, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 7:12 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Morven, GA | TREE DOWN IN MORVEN ON HWY 76 |
| Aug 15, 7:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Morven, GA | TREE 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 EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Se Sand Hill, GA | TREE 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.
- 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
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
$$
42-DVD1 follow-up statement
618
WWUS52 KTAE 152321
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
721 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016
GAC027-152345-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0280.000000T0000Z-160815T2345Z/
BROOKS GA-
721 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR BROOKS COUNTY...
AT 721 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF
QUITMAN...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
QUITMAN...PAVO...MORVEN...BARWICK...DIXIE...BROOKS CO A/P...HOLLIS...
PIDCOCK...BARNEY AND OAKLAWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
TALLAHASSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3076 8350 3073 8374 3104 8374 3103 8357
3104 8357 3101 8346 3095 8343 3089 8347
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 108DEG 14KT 3092 8354
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 6:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lanier, Lowndes | 37 min |
| Aug 15, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Lowndes | 51 min |
| Aug 15, 7:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Brooks, Colquitt | 37 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.