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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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 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.
- 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
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
$$
42-DVD1 follow-up statement
460
WWUS52 KTAE 312354
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
754 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016
GAC087-010004-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-160401T0015Z/
DECATUR GA-
754 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3107 8412 3097 8412 3092 8408 3088 8408
3087 8407 3085 8408 3081 8408 3084 8438
3104 8438
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 281DEG 22KT 3091 8434
$$
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
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 3:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 18 more | 39 hr |
| Mar 31, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Early, Miller, Seminole | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Miller, Seminole | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 7:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Grady, Mitchell | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 7:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady | 51 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.