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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2016, 12:38 AM EST for 7 counties in Georgia; Henry County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 67 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 24, 2016, 12:38 AM EST (05:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 1:45 AM EST
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Baker County, GA, Clay County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Early County, GA, Miller County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:39 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 24, 1:05 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Hentown, GA | A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN JUST INTO EARLY COUNTY ALONG HIGHWAY 27. |
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 23, 9:08 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
815
WUUS52 KTAE 240538
SVRTAE
ALC067-069-GAC007-061-087-099-201-243-253-240645-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0035.160224T0538Z-160224T0645Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1238 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
NORTH CENTRAL DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
SOUTHWESTERN BAKER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN SEMINOLE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
SOUTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 145 AM EST/1245 AM CST/
* AT 1237 AM EST /1137 PM CST/...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF EDISON TO 9 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF BLAKELY TO 8 MILES NORTH OF MARIANNA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 90 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLQUITT...COTTONWOOD...NEWTON...BLAKELY...DONALSONVILLE...
COLUMBIA...CENTERVILLE...GORDON...IRON CITY...BRINSON...JAKIN...
BLUFFTON...SUTTONS CORNER...CEDAR SPRINGS...CUBA...CROSBY...
GRANGEBURG...SHARPHAGEN...MACEDONIA AND HOGGARD MILL.
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 400 AM EST/300 AM CST/ FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3164 8485 3151 8483 3128 8482 3132 8434
3097 8463 3097 8500 3100 8500 3100 8532
3129 8512
TIME...MOT...LOC 0537Z 234DEG 77KT 3155 8486 3127 8484 3090 8520
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
15-HARRIGAN1 follow-up statement
279
WWUS52 KTAE 240618
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
118 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016
ALC067-GAC061-243-240627-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160224T0645Z/
HENRY AL-CLAY GA-RANDOLPH GA-
118 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HENRY...
SOUTHEASTERN CLAY AND SOUTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST/300 AM CST/ FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3131 8491 3136 8486 3127 8486 3132 8434
3097 8463 3097 8500 3100 8500 3099 8499
3117 8506 3126 8493
TIME...MOT...LOC 0617Z 234DEG 77KT 3202 8409 3174 8408 3137 8444
$$
ALC069-GAC007-087-099-201-253-240645-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160224T0645Z/
HOUSTON AL-EARLY GA-MILLER GA-DECATUR GA-BAKER GA-SEMINOLE GA-
118 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM
EST/1245 AM CST/ FOR EASTERN HOUSTON...SOUTHERN EARLY...MILLER...
NORTH CENTRAL DECATUR...SOUTHWESTERN BAKER AND NORTHWESTERN SEMINOLE
COUNTIES...
AT 117 AM EST /1217 AM CST/...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LESLIE TO NEAR LEESBURG TO 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF NEWTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 90 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE
HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLQUITT...NEWTON...DONALSONVILLE...CENTERVILLE...IRON CITY...
BRINSON...JAKIN...CEDAR SPRINGS...SHARPHAGEN...JONES CROSSROADS...
LELA...JETERVILLE...DONALDSONVILLE A/P...MACEDONIA...HOGGARD MILL...
MIMSVILLE...COOKTOWN...BOYKIN...KILLARNEY AND DAVIS PARK.
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 400 AM EST/300 AM CST/ FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3131 8491 3136 8486 3127 8486 3132 8434
3097 8463 3097 8500 3100 8500 3099 8499
3117 8506 3126 8493
TIME...MOT...LOC 0617Z 234DEG 77KT 3202 8409 3174 8408 3137 8444
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
9-FOURNIERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 11:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Clay, Early, Miller, Randolph | 51 min |
| Feb 24, 12:10 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Early, Randolph | 25 min |
| Feb 24, 12:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Miller and 2 more | 56 min |
| Feb 24, 12:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 88 min |
| Feb 24, 12:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, Worth | 25 min |
| Feb 24, 12:52 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, Worth | 38 min |
| Feb 24, 1:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Dougherty, Early, Lee and 4 more | 65 min |
| Feb 24, 1:12 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Early, Miller, Seminole | 48 min |
| Feb 24, 1:25 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty | 35 min |
| Feb 24, 1:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Colquitt, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller and 2 more | 49 min |
| Feb 24, 1:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Early, Miller, Mitchell | 31 min |
| Feb 24, 1:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Turner | 27 min |
| Feb 24, 1:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady, Seminole | 86 min |
| Feb 24, 2:03 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Lee, Worth | 27 min |
| Feb 24, 2:09 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth | 20 min |
| Feb 24, 2:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Calhoun, Colquitt, Dougherty, Early and 6 more | 63 min |
| Feb 24, 2:21 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Colquitt, Decatur, Grady, Miller, Mitchell and 1 more | 54 min |
| Feb 24, 2:42 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Dougherty, Lee, Turner, Worth | 29 min |
| Feb 24, 2:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Grady | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 2:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 3:12 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Turner | 19 min |
| Feb 24, 3:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lowndes, Thomas | 53 min |
| Feb 24, 3:54 AM EST | Wind Advisory | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Irwin, Tift | 27 min |
| Feb 24, 4:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes | 48 min |
| Feb 23, 9:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 43 min |
| Feb 23, 10:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 51 min |
| Feb 23, 10:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston | 40 min |
| Feb 23, 11:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 46 min |
| Feb 23, 11:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 65 min |
| Feb 23, 11:37 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Geneva | 113 min |
| Feb 23, 11:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 12:41 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Houston | 2 hr |
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.