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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 24, 20164 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2016, 2:59 AM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 46 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
Feb 24, 2016, 2:59 AM EST (07:59 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2016, 3:45 AM EST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Colquitt County, GA, Grady County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Thomas County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 24, 3:26 AM ESTTSTM WND DMG1 Ne Thomasville, GAPOWERLINE DOWN.
Feb 24, 3:26 AM ESTTSTM WND DMGThomasville, GA3 TO 4 TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THOMASVILLE.
Feb 24, 3:39 AM ESTTSTM WND DMG4 Ese Thomasville, GATREE ON POWERLINE.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 23, 9:08 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 72 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°0°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.

012 
WUUS52 KTAE 240759
SVRTAE
GAC071-131-205-275-240845-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0045.160224T0759Z-160224T0845Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GRADY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
  COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
  THOMAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 345 AM EST

* AT 259 AM EST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR PELHAM TO NEAR HAVANA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
  MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  THOMASVILLE...CAIRO...MOULTRIE...BOSTON...OCHLOCKNEE...PAVO...
  COOLIDGE...RIVERSIDE...FUNSTON...SOUTH MOULTRIE...PINEBORO...
  QUALITY...ENON...PINE PARK...MOULTRIE MUNICIPAL A/P...THOMASVILLE
  MUNICIPAL A/P...BEACHTON...DAWESVILLE...CALVARY AND MURPHY.

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 600 AM EST FOR NORTHWEST
FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3104 8369 3104 8374 3093 8374 3066 8386
      3069 8438 3078 8438 3111 8416 3128 8358
TIME...MOT...LOC 0759Z 245DEG 29KT 3108 8414 3070 8440 

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

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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, 1:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBen Hill, Turner27 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.