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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 25, 2017Brooks County, Thomas County, Georgia; Jefferson County, Florida

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 25, 11:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ssw Monticello, FLMULTIPLE REPORTS OF TREES DOWN IN JEFFERSON COUNTY INCLUDING ONE ALONG WAUKEENAH HWY.
Aug 25, 11:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGS Monticello, FLFALLEN 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2017-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1882 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 00:00Z on 2017-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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-WESTON
1 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-WESTON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 9:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBerrien45 min
Aug 25, 9:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBrooks48 min
Aug 25, 9:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELanier, Lowndes46 min
Aug 25, 10:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Leon, Madison62 min
Aug 25, 11:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson43 min
Aug 25, 11:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.