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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 28, 2016Randolph County, Terrell County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2016, 1:29 PM EDT for Randolph County, Terrell County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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
Apr 28, 2016, 1:29 PM EDT (17:29 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2016, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Randolph County, GA, Terrell County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:33 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2016-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 203 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 12:00Z on 2016-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
203 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1152 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted.

299 
WUUS52 KTAE 281729
SVRTAE
GAC243-273-281800-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0096.160428T1729Z-160428T1800Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
129 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
  CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 200 PM EDT

* AT 128 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CUTHBERT...
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CUTHBERT...DAWSON...SHELLMAN...PARROTT...DAWSON MUNICIPAL A/P...YEOMANS...
  SHIVERS MILL...GRAVES...RANDOLPH CO A/P...GOFFS MILL...CHAMBLISS...
  DOVEREL...OAKVILLE...COLES...PACHITLA AND MARTINS CROSSROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3171 8437 3166 8484 3173 8488 3192 8456
      3192 8449
TIME...MOT...LOC 1728Z 249DEG 35KT 3173 8474 

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

15-HARRIGAN
2 follow-up statements
782 
WWUS52 KTAE 281748
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
148 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016

GAC243-273-281800-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-160428T1800Z/
TERRELL GA-RANDOLPH GA-
148 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN TERRELL AND SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES...

AT 148 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DAWSON...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DAWSON...SHELLMAN...PARROTT...DAWSON MUNICIPAL A/P...DOVEREL...OAKVILLE...
YEOMANS...PACHITLA...GRAVES AND MARTINS CROSSROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3168 8468 3177 8471 3188 8454 3192 8449
      3171 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 1748Z 249DEG 35KT 3180 8453 

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

15-HARRIGAN
505 
WWUS52 KTAE 281754
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
154 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016

GAC243-273-281804-
/O.EXP.KTAE.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-160428T1800Z/
TERRELL GA-RANDOLPH GA-
154 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN TERRELL AND
SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 200 PM EDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3168 8468 3177 8471 3188 8454 3192 8449
      3171 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 1753Z 249DEG 35KT 3180 8453 

$$

15-HARRIGAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 1:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEClay25 min
Apr 28, 1:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAERandolph53 min

Nearby

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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.