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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 2, 20184 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2018, 2:09 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 29 min. 3 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: Jun 2, 2018, 2:09 PM EDT (18:09 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2018, 2:38 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Brooks County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Thomas County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jun 2, 2:12 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 S Center Hill, GA	STRAIGHT LINE WINDS UPROOTED 4 OAK TREES ON A PROPERTY IN SOUTHWEST COLQUITT COUNTY. ONE TREE LANDED ON THE HOUSE.
Jun 2, 2:18 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Moultrie, GA	REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN WITHIN THE CITY OF MOULTRIE.
Jun 2, 2:18 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	South Moultrie, GA	METAL SHED DESTROYED AND BLOWN 75-100 YARDS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 2, 1:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 87 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1581 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

225 
WUUS52 KTAE 021809
SVRTAE
GAC027-071-075-275-021900-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0039.180602T1809Z-180602T1900Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
209 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2018

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Cook County in south central Georgia...
  Northeastern Thomas County in south central Georgia...
  Northwestern Brooks County in south central Georgia...
  Southern Colquitt County in south central Georgia...

* Until 300 PM EDT.

* At 209 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Riverside, or
  near Moultrie, moving east at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Moultrie, Pavo, Coolidge, Riverside, Berlin, Funston, Ellenton,
  Pineboro, Autreyville, Enon, Center Hill, Spence Airport, South
  Moultrie, Chastain, Moultrie Municipal A/P and Murphy.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3099 8397 3120 8392 3118 8354 3091 8358
TIME...MOT...LOC 1809Z 281DEG 15KT 3110 8386 

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

ADL

1 follow-up statement

572 
WWUS52 KTAE 021838
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
238 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2018

GAC027-071-075-275-021848-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-180602T1900Z/
Cook GA-Thomas GA-Brooks GA-Colquitt GA-
238 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN COOK...NORTHEASTERN
THOMAS...NORTHWESTERN BROOKS AND SOUTHERN COLQUITT COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
south central Georgia.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Tallahassee.

LAT...LON 3099 8397 3120 8392 3118 8354 3091 8358
TIME...MOT...LOC 1837Z 281DEG 15KT 3108 8372 

$$

55-SCHOLL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 11:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Berrien, Tift	38 min
Jun 2, 11:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Berrien	65 min
Jun 2, 12:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay, Quitman	49 min
Jun 2, 12:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dougherty	43 min
Jun 2, 12:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay, Randolph	51 min
Jun 2, 1:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Terrell	51 min
Jun 2, 1:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Baker, Mitchell	48 min
Jun 2, 1:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell	46 min
Jun 2, 1:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Baker	63 min
Jun 2, 1:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Thomas	50 min
Jun 2, 2:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dougherty, Worth	42 min
Jun 2, 2:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Seminole	19 min
Jun 2, 2:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill, Berrien, Cook, Irwin, Lanier, Tift	53 min
Jun 2, 2:28 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	TAE	Brooks, Lowndes	49 hr
Jun 2, 2:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks, Lowndes	39 min
Jun 2, 2:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes	49 min
Jun 2, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lowndes	44 min
Jun 2, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lanier, Lowndes	19 min
Jun 2, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Early	42 min
Jun 2, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Early	51 min
Jun 2, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Miller, Seminole	65 min
Jun 2, 6:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Early, Miller, Seminole	56 min
Jun 2, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Randolph	58 min
Jun 2, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Seminole	38 min
Jun 2, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Decatur	38 min
Jun 2, 6:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady, Seminole	37 min
Jun 2, 7:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Grady	38 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.