Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2017, 10:34 PM EDT for Brooks County, Thomas County, Georgia; Jefferson County, Florida. It was in force for 26 min. 2 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
- Aug 25, 2017, 10:34 PM EDT (02:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2017, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Jefferson County, FL, Brooks County, GA, Thomas County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 11:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Monticello, FL | MULTIPLE REPORTS OF TREES DOWN IN JEFFERSON COUNTY INCLUDING ONE ALONG WAUKEENAH HWY. |
| Aug 25, 11:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | S Monticello, FL | FALLEN TREES OR LIMBS RESULTED IN A POWER OUTAGE ALONG POPLAR STREET IN MONTICELLO. REPORTED ON DUKE ENERGY OUTAGE WEBSITE |
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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 1882 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1269 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
840
WUUS52 KTAE 260234
SVRTAE
FLC065-GAC027-275-260300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0252.170826T0234Z-170826T0300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1034 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 2017
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Jefferson County in Big Bend of Florida...
Southeastern Thomas County in south central Georgia...
Southwestern Brooks County in south central Georgia...
* Until 1100 PM EDT
* At 1034 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Boston, or
11 miles northeast of Monticello, moving southwest at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Monticello, Alma, Dills, Grooverville, Festus, Aucilla, Lois,
Everett, Drifton, Casa Blanco, Jarrott, Montivilla and Lake
Miccosukee.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3052 8372 3051 8374 3050 8373 3041 8376
3052 8403 3052 8398 3055 8399 3055 8398
3058 8400 3079 8386 3072 8366
TIME...MOT...LOC 0234Z 022DEG 17KT 3069 8380
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
03-WESTON1 follow-up statement
741
WWUS52 KTAE 260247
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1047 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 2017
FLC065-GAC027-275-260300-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-170826T0300Z/
Jefferson FL-Thomas GA-Brooks GA-
1047 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON...SOUTHEASTERN THOMAS AND SOUTHWESTERN
BROOKS COUNTIES...
At 1047 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Monticello,
moving southwest at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Monticello, Alma, Dills, Festus, Aucilla, Lois, Everett, Drifton,
Casa Blanco, Jarrott, Montivilla, Lake Miccosukee and Grooverville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3052 8372 3051 8374 3050 8373 3041 8376
3052 8403 3052 8398 3055 8399 3055 8398
3058 8400 3077 8387 3070 8367
TIME...MOT...LOC 0247Z 042DEG 19KT 3064 8388
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
03-WESTONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 9:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Berrien | 45 min |
| Aug 25, 9:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Brooks | 48 min |
| Aug 25, 9:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lanier, Lowndes | 46 min |
| Aug 25, 10:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Madison | 62 min |
| Aug 25, 11:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 43 min |
| Aug 25, 11:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr |
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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.