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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 188, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 15, 2021Turner County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2021, 3:36 PM EDT for Turner County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 15, 2021, 3:36 PM EDT (19:36 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2021, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Turner County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 154 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: 977 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 911 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

201 
WUUS52 KTAE 151936
SVRTAE
GAC287-152015-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0188.210715T1936Z-210715T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
336 PM EDT Thu Jul 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Turner County in south central Georgia...

* Until 415 PM EDT.

* At 336 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Ashburn,
  moving west at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Ashburn, Worth, Sycamore, Coverdale, Amboy, Hobby, Turner Co
  Airport, Dakota, Sibley and Inaha.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3180 8351 3160 8355 3160 8365 3158 8365
      3158 8367 3159 8367 3160 8368 3160 8370
      3162 8371 3162 8380 3180 8380 3180 8361
      3183 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 083DEG 16KT 3173 8362 

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

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1 follow-up statement

272 
WWUS52 KTAE 152006
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
406 PM EDT Thu Jul 15 2021

GAC287-152015-
/O.EXP.KTAE.SV.W.0188.000000T0000Z-210715T2015Z/
Turner GA-
406 PM EDT Thu Jul 15 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TURNER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
415 PM EDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

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

LAT...LON 3180 8351 3160 8355 3160 8365 3158 8365
      3158 8367 3159 8367 3160 8368 3160 8370
      3162 8371 3162 8380 3180 8380 3180 8361
      3183 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 083DEG 16KT 3171 8377 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay	27 min
Jul 15, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Turner	46 min
Jul 15, 3:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Early	34 min
Jul 15, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Worth	33 min
Jul 15, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Worth	33 min
Jul 15, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Early	42 min
Jul 15, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Mitchell	40 min
Jul 15, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Miller, Mitchell	44 min
Jul 15, 5:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Worth	56 min
Jul 15, 5:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Baker, Decatur, Early, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole	112 min
Jul 15, 5:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Baker, Decatur, Early, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole	117 min
Jul 15, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Colquitt, Thomas	48 min
Jul 15, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Seminole	21 min
Jul 15, 6:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Grady	41 min
Jul 15, 7:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Grady	118 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.