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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 24, 2016Ben Hill County, Turner County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2016, 1:48 AM EST for Ben Hill County, Turner County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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
Feb 24, 2016, 1:48 AM EST (06:48 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2016, 2:15 AM EST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ben Hill County, GA, Turner County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 23, 9:08 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 00:00Z on 2016-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 100 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 00:00Z on 2016-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

641 
WUUS52 KTAE 240648
SVRTAE
GAC017-287-240715-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0040.160224T0648Z-160224T0715Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
148 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN TURNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHWESTERN BEN HILL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 215 AM EST

* AT 148 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ASHBURN...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ASHBURN...WORTH...REBECCA...DAKOTA...SIBLEY AND AMBOY. 

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 SOUTH CENTRAL
GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3185 8354 3184 8323 3167 8376 3180 8380
      3180 8361 3185 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 0648Z 244DEG 48KT 3177 8368 

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

15-HARRIGAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 23, 11:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEClay, Early, Miller, Randolph51 min
Feb 24, 12:10 AM ESTTornado WarningTAECalhoun, Clay, Early, Randolph25 min
Feb 24, 12:19 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Miller and 2 more56 min
Feb 24, 12:38 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Clay, Decatur, Early, Miller, Randolph and 1 more67 min
Feb 24, 12:47 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Seminole88 min
Feb 24, 12:50 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDougherty, Lee, Terrell, Worth25 min
Feb 24, 12:52 AM ESTTornado WarningTAECalhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, Worth38 min
Feb 24, 1:10 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Dougherty, Early, Lee and 4 more65 min
Feb 24, 1:12 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEDecatur, Early, Miller, Seminole48 min
Feb 24, 1:25 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Dougherty35 min
Feb 24, 1:41 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Colquitt, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller and 2 more49 min
Feb 24, 1:43 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEBaker, Early, Miller, Mitchell31 min
Feb 24, 1:49 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Grady, Seminole86 min
Feb 24, 2:03 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEDougherty, Lee, Worth27 min
Feb 24, 2:09 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEBaker, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth20 min
Feb 24, 2:12 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Ben Hill, Calhoun, Colquitt, Dougherty, Early and 6 more63 min
Feb 24, 2:21 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Colquitt, Decatur, Grady, Miller, Mitchell and 1 more54 min
Feb 24, 2:42 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEBen Hill, Dougherty, Lee, Turner, Worth29 min
Feb 24, 2:43 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEGrady32 min
Feb 24, 2:59 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEColquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas46 min
Feb 24, 3:12 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEBen Hill, Turner19 min
Feb 24, 3:37 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lowndes, Thomas53 min
Feb 24, 3:54 AM ESTWind AdvisoryTAEBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more14 hr
Feb 24, 4:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Irwin, Tift27 min
Feb 24, 4:42 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Lanier, Lowndes48 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.