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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 3, 201912 counties in Georgia; Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 3, 2019, 6:27 PM EST for 12 counties in Georgia; Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 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: Mar 3, 2019, 6:27 PM EST (23:27 UTC)
Expired: Mar 3, 2019, 7:00 PM EST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Houston County, AL, Baker County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Lee County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 3, 12:24 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

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 Mar 3, 3:33 PM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 3:33 PM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 3, 5:29 PM EST, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
529 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0434 PM     HAIL             2 NW ALAPAHA            31.40N 83.24W
03/03/2019  E1.00 INCH       BERRIEN            GA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN BLOCKING 129 N AND QUARTER SIZE
            HAIL.

&&

DH

Local storm report, Mar 3, 5:31 PM EST, 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 3, 5:33 PM EST, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
533 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0432 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ENIGMA                  31.41N 83.33W
03/03/2019                   BERRIEN            GA   911 CALL CENTER

            POWER POLES SNAPPED AND TRACTOR TRAILER
            TIPPED OVER IN MEDIAN OF HIGHWAY 82 NEAR
            ENIGMA. QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED AS WELL.

&&

DH

Local storm report, Mar 3, 6:08 PM EST, 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 3, 6:12 PM EST, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
612 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0540 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NNE PLEASANT RIDGE    30.71N 86.16W
03/03/2019                   WALTON             FL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ALL I-10 EASTBOUND LANES CLOSED NEAR MM 83
            DUE TO DOWNED TREES.

&&

DH

Local storm report, Mar 3, 6:16 PM EST, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
616 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0613 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SE NEWTON             31.32N 85.59W
03/03/2019                   DALE               AL   911 CALL CENTER

            POWER POLE DOWN ON HARTFORD STREET IN DALE
            COUNTY.

&&

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 2, 8:16 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Madison	44 min
Mar 3, 2:39 AM EST	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton	22 hr
Mar 3, 8:48 AM EST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty	60 hr
Mar 3, 12:42 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Walton	33 min
Mar 3, 1:04 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton	26 min
Mar 3, 1:26 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton	14 min
Mar 3, 1:34 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Holmes	26 min
Mar 3, 1:53 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Holmes	37 min
Mar 3, 4:37 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton	38 min
Mar 3, 4:53 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes	52 min
Mar 3, 5:04 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton, Washington	41 min
Mar 3, 5:24 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton, Washington	36 min
Mar 3, 5:37 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington	53 min
Mar 3, 5:50 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Holmes, Jackson	25 min
Mar 3, 6:23 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		67 min
Mar 3, 6:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Liberty and 1 more	36 min
Mar 3, 6:29 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Jackson, Washington	31 min
Mar 3, 6:45 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Liberty, Washington	30 min
Mar 3, 6:45 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun	30 min
Mar 3, 1:47 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Quitman	28 min
Mar 3, 1:58 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Randolph	32 min
Mar 3, 2:12 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Terrell	33 min
Mar 3, 2:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty	30 min
Mar 3, 2:18 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Lee, Terrell	42 min
Mar 3, 2:24 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Turner, Worth	36 min
Mar 3, 2:25 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Quitman, Randolph	35 min
Mar 3, 2:34 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Lee	26 min
Mar 3, 2:37 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dougherty, Lee, Worth	38 min
Mar 3, 2:43 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Randolph, Terrell	20 min
Mar 3, 2:46 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Turner	44 min
Mar 3, 3:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Early, Randolph	30 min
Mar 3, 3:00 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Turner	45 min
Mar 3, 3:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Early	40 min
Mar 3, 3:25 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Randolph, Terrell	35 min
Mar 3, 3:26 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Early	34 min
Mar 3, 3:30 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Ben Hill	30 min
Mar 3, 3:43 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Tift, Turner, Worth	35 min
Mar 3, 3:45 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Turner	45 min
Mar 3, 3:47 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell	43 min
Mar 3, 3:56 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin	51 min
Mar 3, 4:14 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Turner, Worth	31 min
Mar 3, 4:17 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Dougherty, Lee, Worth	43 min
Mar 3, 4:20 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin	27 min
Mar 3, 4:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Irwin	23 min
Mar 3, 4:37 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Turner	38 min
Mar 3, 4:54 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Quitman, Randolph	36 min
Mar 3, 5:04 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Turner	56 min
Mar 3, 5:11 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Early, Lee, Quitman, Randolph and 1 more	49 min
Mar 3, 5:39 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Miller, Randolph and 2 more	51 min
Mar 3, 5:39 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Randolph	36 min
Mar 3, 5:52 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lee, Randolph, Terrell	38 min
Mar 3, 6:10 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Randolph, Terrell	35 min
Mar 3, 6:10 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Early, Seminole	35 min
Mar 3, 6:37 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Decatur, Early, Miller, Seminole	23 min
Mar 3, 6:53 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Baker, Decatur, Miller, Seminole	37 min
Mar 3, 1:20 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Geneva, Houston	25 min
Mar 3, 1:37 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Dale, Geneva, Houston	38 min
Mar 3, 4:12 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale	48 min
Mar 3, 4:23 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale	37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2019 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2019 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.