Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2021, 6:50 PM EDT for 8 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 40 min. 6 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 12, 2021, 6:50 PM EDT (22:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2021, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lee County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 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 12, 7:02 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Waterloo, GA | A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN THE WATERLOO AREA. |
| Jun 12, 7:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ocilla, GA | TREE DOWN ON OAK CIRCLE. |
| Jun 12, 7:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ene Chula, GA | 911 CALL CENTER REPORTED A TREE WAS KNOCKED DOWN. |
| Jun 12, 7:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nnw Gladys, GA | TREE DOWN IN HICKORY ROAD. |
| Jun 12, 7:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 W Harding, GA | 911 CALL CENTER REPORTED A TREE WAS KNOCKED DOWN. |
| Jun 12, 7:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wsw Brookfield, GA | 911 CALL CENTER REPORTED A TREE WAS KNOCKED DOWN. |
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 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 1723 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 555 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
025
WUUS52 KTAE 122250
SVRTAE
GAC017-019-071-155-177-277-287-321-122330-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0142.210612T2250Z-210612T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
650 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Irwin County in south central Georgia...
Northern Berrien County in south central Georgia...
Turner County in south central Georgia...
East central Lee County in southwestern Georgia...
Northeastern Colquitt County in south central Georgia...
Tift County in south central Georgia...
Ben Hill County in south central Georgia...
Worth County in south central Georgia...
* Until 730 PM EDT.
* At 650 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles northeast of Fitzgerald to 6 miles northeast
of Marine Corps Logistics Base, moving southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Tifton, Ashburn, Ocilla, Fitzgerald, Sylvester, Enigma, Omega,
Poulan, Doerun, Ty Ty, Alapaha, Phillipsburg, Mystic, Unionville,
Worth, Terrell, Sycamore, Sumner, Rebecca and Minton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3161 8306 3155 8306 3148 8311 3146 8315
3138 8312 3133 8343 3135 8344 3133 8346
3127 8390 3163 8401 3165 8399 3178 8405
3182 8384 3180 8361 3185 8361 3185 8318
3181 8313 3179 8305 3171 8300 3166 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 334DEG 26KT 3176 8317 3161 8395
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
157
WWUS52 KTAE 122304
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
704 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021
GAC177-122314-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-210612T2330Z/
Lee GA-
704 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3161 8306 3155 8306 3149 8310 3146 8315
3138 8313 3133 8341 3135 8344 3133 8347
3127 8389 3163 8400 3165 8399 3171 8402
3176 8398 3179 8398 3182 8384 3180 8380
3178 8320 3171 8309 3171 8300 3166 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 329DEG 23KT 3166 8311 3165 8392
$$
GAC017-019-071-155-277-287-321-122330-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-210612T2330Z/
Irwin GA-Berrien GA-Turner GA-Colquitt GA-Tift GA-Ben Hill GA-
Worth GA-
704 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR IRWIN...NORTHWESTERN BERRIEN...TURNER...NORTHEASTERN COLQUITT...
TIFT...SOUTHERN BEN HILL AND WORTH COUNTIES...
At 704 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles northwest of Ambrose to 10 miles northwest of
Sylvester, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Tifton, Ashburn, Ocilla, Fitzgerald, Sylvester, Enigma, Omega,
Poulan, Ty Ty, Alapaha, Phillipsburg, Mystic, Unionville, Worth,
Terrell, Sycamore, Sumner, Minton, Scooterville and Osierfield.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3161 8306 3155 8306 3149 8310 3146 8315
3138 8313 3133 8341 3135 8344 3133 8347
3127 8389 3163 8400 3165 8399 3171 8402
3176 8398 3179 8398 3182 8384 3180 8380
3178 8320 3171 8309 3171 8300 3166 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 329DEG 23KT 3166 8311 3165 8392
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 9:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Quitman | 24 min |
| Jun 12, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Early | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Early, Miller, Seminole | 44 min |
| Jun 12, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lanier, Lowndes | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 65 min |
| Jun 12, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 42 min |
| Jun 12, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Ben Hill | 51 min |
| Jun 12, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Ben Hill, Calhoun, Dougherty, Irwin, Lee, Randolph and 3 more | 56 min |
| Jun 12, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin | 24 min |
| Jun 12, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier, Tift, Worth | 62 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.