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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 31, 2016Decatur County, Grady County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2016, 7:37 PM EDT for Decatur County, Grady County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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
Mar 31, 2016, 7:37 PM EDT (23:37 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2016, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Decatur County, GA, Grady County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 12:00Z on 2016-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 53 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 12:00Z on 2016-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
53 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-640 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1024 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

930 
WUUS52 KTAE 312337
SVRTAE
GAC087-131-010015-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0085.160331T2337Z-160401T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
737 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL GRADY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
  NORTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 736 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF
  BAINBRIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CAIRO...BAINBRIDGE...WHIGHAM...CLIMAX...AKRIDGE...MOUNT PLEASANT...PINE
  PARK...HARRELLS STILL...ELPINO...SPENCE...PEOPLES STILL...GRADY CO A/P
  AND CAPEL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3097 8412 3094 8410 3092 8408 3088 8408
      3087 8407 3085 8408 3081 8408 3085 8453
      3103 8452 3107 8412
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 272DEG 30KT 3094 8444 

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

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1 follow-up statement
460 
WWUS52 KTAE 312354
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
754 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016

GAC087-010004-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-160401T0015Z/
DECATUR GA-
754 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3107 8412 3097 8412 3092 8408 3088 8408
      3087 8407 3085 8408 3081 8408 3084 8438
      3104 8438
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 281DEG 22KT 3091 8434 

$$

GAC131-010015-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-160401T0015Z/
GRADY GA-
754 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL GRADY COUNTY...

AT 754 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WHIGHAM...OR 8
MILES WEST OF CAIRO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAIRO...WHIGHAM...AKRIDGE...SPENCE...PEOPLES STILL...HARRELLS STILL...PINE
PARK...GRADY CO A/P...CAPEL AND ELPINO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3107 8412 3097 8412 3092 8408 3088 8408
      3087 8407 3085 8408 3081 8408 3084 8438
      3104 8438
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 281DEG 22KT 3091 8434 

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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 3:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchTAEBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 18 more39 hr
Mar 31, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEEarly, Miller, Seminole46 min
Mar 31, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Miller, Seminole25 min
Mar 31, 7:25 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEGrady, Mitchell35 min
Mar 31, 7:39 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEDecatur, Grady51 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.