Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2017, 8:13 PM EDT for Berrien County, Cook County, Lanier County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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
- May 20, 2017, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2017, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Berrien County, GA, Cook County, GA, Lanier County, GA
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 8:14 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Ray City, GA | DAMAGE TO PRIVACY FENCES AT 2 DIFFERENT PROPERTIES. LARGE TRAMPOLINE BLOWN AWAY AND CAN NOT BE FOUND. SIGN DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
294
WUUS52 KTAE 210013
SVRTAE
GAC019-075-173-210045-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0166.170521T0013Z-170521T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
813 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2017
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
East central Cook County in south central Georgia...
Central Berrien County in south central Georgia...
Northwestern Lanier County in south central Georgia...
* Until 845 PM EDT
* At 813 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Ray City, or
near Lakeland, moving northwest at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Nashville, Ray City, Meigs, Cottle, Berrien Co A/P, Massee,
Allenville, Weber and Teeterville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3105 8307 3103 8318 3124 8345 3135 8316
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 154DEG 20KT 3106 8318
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
09-FOURNIERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Irwin, Tift, Turner | 30 min |
| May 21, 2:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Early, Miller | 53 min |
| May 21, 3:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Seminole | 46 min |
| May 21, 3:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Decatur, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole | 52 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.