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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 28, 2024Lanier County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2024, 12:27 AM EDT for Lanier County, Georgia. It was in force for 17 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
May 28, 2024, 12:27 AM EDT (04:27 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2024, 12:44 AM EDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Lanier County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 138 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2024-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2582 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2024-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
2582 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1006 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 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 May 27, 9:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 9:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 27, 10:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 27, 11:32 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 27, 11:50 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1150 PM EDT Mon May 27 2024

GAZ158>161-280500-
Brooks GA-Lanier GA-Lowndes GA-Thomas GA-
1150 PM EDT Mon May 27 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN LANIER...LOWNDES...
SOUTHEASTERN THOMAS AND BROOKS COUNTIES THROUGH 100 AM EDT...

At 1150 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Hahira to 7 miles south of Thomasville.
Movement was east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Lake Park, Valdosta, Quitman, Hahira, Boston, I-75 At Exit 16, Moody
Air Force Base, Remerton, Dasher, Morven, Grooverville, Everett,
Nankin, Empress, Clyattville, Brooks Co A/p, I-75 At Exit 11, Dixie,
Naylor, and Greenwood.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3086 8300 3085 8301 3085 8309 3083 8309
      3083 8310 3080 8310 3079 8313 3063 8314
      3068 8408 3069 8408 3098 8355 3099 8297
      3087 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 0350Z 277DEG 25KT 3094 8342 3073 8397

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

58-REESE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 1:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden49 min
May 28, 1:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Leon41 min
May 28, 2:12 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEGadsden, Leon2 hr
May 28, 2:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELeon18 min
May 28, 2:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson, Wakulla54 min
May 28, 3:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELafayette87 min
May 28, 3:42 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE93 min
May 28, 4:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAETaylor56 min
May 28, 5:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie92 min
May 28, 11:31 AM EDTRip Current StatementTAEBay, Gulf, Walton10 hr
May 27, 8:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEBerrien, Cook, Lanier5 hr
May 27, 8:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWorth26 min
May 27, 9:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBrooks32 min
May 27, 9:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELee28 min
May 27, 9:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEColquitt25 min
May 27, 9:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun, Early, Miller, Randolph, Terrell41 min
May 27, 10:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELowndes24 min
May 27, 10:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBaker, Dougherty, Miller, Mitchell38 min
May 27, 10:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELowndes25 min
May 27, 10:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEColquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas51 min
May 27, 11:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBerrien, Cook, Lanier28 min
May 27, 11:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes45 min
May 27, 11:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBrooks, Lowndes70 min
May 28, 12:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Lanier, Lowndes38 min
May 27, 8:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee, Dale64 min
May 27, 8:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDale, Henry56 min
May 27, 9:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGeneva, Houston65 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.