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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 14, 2019Lanier County, Lowndes County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2019, 6:33 PM EDT for Lanier County, Lowndes County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 14, 2019, 6:33 PM EDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2019, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 298 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2019-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 78 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2019-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 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
78 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-296 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1328 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 14, 2:58 PM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 2:58 PM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
258 PM EDT Wed Aug 14 2019

.NEAR TERM [Through Tonight]...

Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected across
the area through the early evening hours as a frontal boundary moves
slowly southward into the area. Modifying the 12z KTAE sounding for
an afternoon T/Td of 96/75 yields SBCAPE values over 4000 j/kg this
afternoon. In addition, there is some mid-level dry air present in
the sounding, and DCAPE values are rather high just under 1200 j/kg.
Thus, some wet microbursts are possible this afternoon, and the SPC
has a large portion of the area outlooked for a marginal risk of
severe weather for wind this afternoon. Overall, the steering flow
remains weak and precipitable water values are high near 2 inches,
so localized pockets of heavy rain are also likely with the storms
this afternoon. The WPC has outlooked the area for a marginal risk
of excessive rainfall to account for this threat. Finally, it will
remain dangerously hot this afternoon with heat index values in the
108-112 range with a heat advisory remaining in effect for the
entire area.

.SHORT TERM [Thursday Through Friday Night]...

In the upper levels a weak trough will be over the Southeast. At the
surface a weak low will be near the Carolinas and a stationary
boundary will linger over SE Alabama and SW Georgia. Low level flow
will be southwesterly, south of the boundary. A wet pattern will be
in place with widespread showers and thunderstorms. Development may
start earlier in the day and last longer into the evening. The best
chance for rain will be in the afternoon and evening hours with POPs
of 50 to 80 percent for most locations. PWAT values will be 2.4 to
2.6 inches in the southern half of the region and 2 inches or less
in the northern half of the region as a stationary boundary
separates the region. With moderate instability a few strong to
severe storms will be possible. Highs will be in the upper 80s and
lower 90s depending on how early thunderstorms develop. Lows will be
in the lower to mid 70s.

.LONG TERM [Saturday Through Wednesday]...

In the upper levels a weak trough will be over the region. At the
surface the weak stationary boundary over the region will dissipate
by Sunday. A wet pattern will be in place through the weekend with
POPs of 50 to 70 percent. Early next week POPs will remain high
around 50 to 60 percent. Highs will be in the upper 80s and lower
90s. Lows will be in the lower 70s.&&

.AVIATION...
[Through 18Z Thursday]

Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected
across the area through the early evening hours before gradually
diminishing overnight. Outside of storms, mainly VFR conditions
are expected to prevail.

&&

.MARINE...

Southwesterly winds will be less than 15 knots through the weekend.
A wet pattern will be in place through through early next week. Seas
will be low around 2 to 3 feet.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...

A wet pattern over the next couple of days will inhibit hazardous
fire weather conditions, except for low dispersions outside of the
southeast FL Big Bend on Thursday. A drying trend will begin to
take hold northwest of the Flint River into southeast portions of
AL on Friday. Heat indices will continue to be elevated on Thursday,
but will begin to return closer to seasonal levels on Friday.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...

Local rivers are below action stage. A wet pattern will be in place
through early next week. 1 to 3 inches of rain is expected with 4 to
7 inches possible along the Eastern Big Bend Counties (Dixie, Taylor
and Lafayette) through this weekend. Flooding of low lying areas and
ponding on roadways will be likely where higher rainfall totals are
forecast and with the stronger storms. Slow moving storms may
produce some localized flooding elsewhere.

&&

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not requested. However, spotters are always
encouraged to safely report significant weather conditions when they
occur by calling the office or tweeting us @NWSTallahassee.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...

Tallahassee   76  92  73  87  73 /  50  70  40  80  50
Panama City   78  88  76  88  76 /  50  70  50  60  60
Dothan        74  91  72  93  71 /  50  50  20  30  20
Albany        75  91  74  92  73 /  50  60  30  40  30
Valdosta      76  90  73  88  71 /  50  80  30  60  40
Cross City    77  89  75  85  74 /  50  70  60  60  60
Apalachicola  79  88  76  87  76 /  50  70  60  70  60

&&

.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...Heat Advisory until 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ this evening for Calhoun-
     Central Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Dixie-Coastal Franklin-
     Coastal Gulf-Coastal Jefferson-Coastal Taylor-Coastal
     Wakulla-Gadsden-Holmes-Inland Bay-Inland Dixie-Inland
     Franklin-Inland Gulf-Inland Jefferson-Inland Taylor-Inland
     Wakulla-Jackson-Lafayette-Leon-Liberty-Madison-North Walton-
     South Walton-Washington.

     High Rip Current Risk until 11 PM EDT this evening for Coastal
     Franklin.

GA...Heat Advisory until 7 PM EDT this evening for Baker-Ben Hill-
     Berrien-Brooks-Calhoun-Clay-Colquitt-Cook-Decatur-Dougherty-
     Early-Grady-Irwin-Lanier-Lee-Lowndes-Miller-Mitchell-
     Quitman-Randolph-Seminole-Terrell-Thomas-Tift-Turner-Worth.

AL...Heat Advisory until 6 PM CDT this evening for Coffee-Dale-Geneva-
     Henry-Houston.

GM...None.
&&

NEAR TERM...DVD
SHORT TERM...McD
LONG TERM...McD
AVIATION...DVD
MARINE...McD
FIRE WEATHER...LF
HYDROLOGY...McD

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Special weather statement, Aug 14, 6:18 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
618 PM EDT Wed Aug 14 2019

FLZ016-017-027-142300-
Gadsden FL-Inland Wakulla FL-Leon FL-
618 PM EDT Wed Aug 14 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL WAKULLA...
SOUTHEASTERN GADSDEN AND SOUTHWESTERN LEON COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM
EDT...

At 618 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles southwest of Midway, moving southeast at 10 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Midway, Tallahassee, Lake Talquin, Brown House, Andrew, Bloxham, Fort
Braden and Wetumpka.

LAT...LON 3034 8470 3035 8469 3037 8468 3037 8467
      3038 8467 3039 8465 3039 8468 3041 8468
      3051 8460 3048 8443 3043 8436 3028 8441
      3020 8455
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 300DEG 7KT 3037 8456

15-HARRIGAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 3:07 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more16 hr
Aug 14, 11:51 AM EDTRip Current StatementTAEFranklin11 hr
Aug 14, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton29 min
Aug 14, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes, Walton, Washington32 min
Aug 14, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes, Walton, Washington48 min
Aug 14, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson51 min
Aug 14, 5:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEJackson, Washington55 min
Aug 14, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson44 min
Aug 14, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden42 min
Aug 14, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden49 min
Aug 14, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELiberty38 min
Aug 14, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden51 min
Aug 14, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Leon25 min
Aug 14, 1:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEQuitman27 min
Aug 14, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun, Clay, Lee, Terrell47 min
Aug 14, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun, Dougherty, Early, Lee, Terrell48 min
Aug 14, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBen Hill34 min
Aug 14, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBen Hill, Irwin35 min
Aug 14, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEIrwin, Tift46 min
Aug 14, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Colquitt, Cook, Tift42 min
Aug 14, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELowndes47 min
Aug 14, 7:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBrooks43 min
Aug 14, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECoffee, Dale, Henry47 min
Aug 14, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECoffee, Dale, Henry50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.