Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 281, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2016, 9:47 PM EDT for Berrien County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2016, 9:47 PM EDT (01:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2016, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Berrien County, GA
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 1416 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1097 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
468
WUUS52 KTAE 190147
SVRTAE
GAC019-190215-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0281.160819T0147Z-160819T0215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
947 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BERRIEN COUNTY IN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
* AT 947 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NASHVILLE...
AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NASHVILLE...ALAPAHA...WEBER...GLORY AND BERRIEN CO A/P.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3119 8309 3119 8328 3138 8335 3139 8312
3136 8311 3135 8308
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 176DEG 4KT 3126 8320
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
15-HARRIGAN2 follow-up statements
708
WWUS52 KTAE 190201
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1001 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016
GAC019-190215-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0281.000000T0000Z-160819T0215Z/
BERRIEN GA-
1001 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN BERRIEN COUNTY...
AT 1001 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALAPAHA...OR
NEAR WILLACOOCHEE...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALAPAHA AND GLORY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3126 8315 3126 8331 3138 8335 3139 8312
3136 8311 3135 8308 3128 8308
TIME...MOT...LOC 0201Z 199DEG 15KT 3135 8315
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
15-HARRIGAN638
WWUS52 KTAE 190209
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1009 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016
GAC019-190218-
/O.EXP.KTAE.SV.W.0281.000000T0000Z-160819T0215Z/
BERRIEN GA-
1009 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BERRIEN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 1015 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS. THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3126 8315 3126 8331 3138 8335 3139 8312
3136 8311 3135 8308 3128 8308
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 176DEG 4KT 3135 8315
$$
15-HARRIGANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 9:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Berrien, Lanier | 41 min |
| Aug 18, 10:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Berrien | 52 min |
| Aug 19, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Turner | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.