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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2016, 1:41 AM EST for 8 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 49 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, 1:41 AM EST (06:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 2:30 AM EST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Baker County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Seminole County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:43 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, 2:15 AM EST | TSTM WND GST 54 | 4 Nw West Bainbridge, GA | 47 KNOT OR 54 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED AT THE BAINBRIDGE AIRPORT AUTOMATED OBSERVATION SITE. |
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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 86 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.
752 WUUS52 KTAE 240641 SVRTAE GAC007-071-087-099-131-201-205-253-240730- /O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0039.160224T0641Z-160224T0730Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 141 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN GRADY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA... EAST CENTRAL EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA... EASTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA... MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA... NORTHWESTERN COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... SOUTHWESTERN BAKER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA... SOUTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA... NORTHEASTERN SEMINOLE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA... * UNTIL 230 AM EST * AT 140 AM EST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEWTON TO 10 MILES WEST OF WEST BAINBRIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...DONALSONVILLE...BAINBRIDGE...SALE CITY...IRON CITY...DAMASCUS...BRINSON...SHARPHAGEN...VADA...LELA... BRANCHVILLE...LYNN...JETERVILLE...DONALDSONVILLE A/P...HOPEFUL... MACEDONIA...HOGGARD MILL AND MIMSVILLE. 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 FOR SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3133 8394 3092 8451 3096 8491 3130 8475 TIME...MOT...LOC 0640Z 240DEG 62KT 3139 8429 3088 8476 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ 15-HARRIGAN
1 follow-up statement
236
WWUS52 KTAE 240716
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
216 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016
GAC099-253-240726-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160224T0730Z/
EARLY GA-SEMINOLE GA-
216 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL EARLY AND
NORTHEASTERN SEMINOLE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3094 8474 3128 8458 3131 8449 3133 8394
3092 8451
TIME...MOT...LOC 0716Z 239DEG 39KT 3130 8435 3094 8451
$$
GAC007-071-087-131-201-205-240730-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160224T0730Z/
GRADY GA-DECATUR GA-MILLER GA-COLQUITT GA-BAKER GA-MITCHELL GA-
216 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EST
FOR NORTHWESTERN GRADY...EASTERN DECATUR...EASTERN MILLER...
NORTHWESTERN COLQUITT...SOUTHWESTERN BAKER AND SOUTHERN MITCHELL
COUNTIES...
AT 216 AM EST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEWTON TO NEAR BAINBRIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWTON...CAMILLA...BAINBRIDGE...SALE CITY...MITCHELL CO A/P...
GREENOUGH...MOUNT PLEASANT...VADA...BRANCHVILLE...LYNN...BELLVIEW...
HOPEFUL...BABCOCK...HANOVER...HOGGARD MILL...HAWKINSTOWN...
MIMSVILLE...COOKTOWN...AUSMAC AND STEINHAM STORE.
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 FOR SOUTHWESTERN
GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3094 8474 3128 8458 3131 8449 3133 8394
3092 8451
TIME...MOT...LOC 0716Z 239DEG 39KT 3130 8435 3094 8451
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 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, 12:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Clay, Decatur, Early, Miller, Randolph and 1 more | 67 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, 1:43 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 |
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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.