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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 26, 2024Brooks County, Thomas County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2024, 11:37 PM EDT for Brooks County, Thomas County, Georgia. It was in force for 11 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 26, 2024, 11:37 PM EDT (03:37 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2024, 11:48 PM EDT
In force
11 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Brooks County, GA, Thomas County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:40 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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 2024-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 274 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2024-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 170 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
274 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
562 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
283 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.5

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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 Mar 26, 9:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 9:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 26, 11:25 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1125 PM EDT Tue Mar 26 2024

GAZ158-159-270400-
Brooks GA-Thomas GA-
1125 PM EDT Tue Mar 26 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN THOMAS AND SOUTHWESTERN
BROOKS COUNTIES THROUGH MIDNIGHT EDT...

At 1125 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Thomasville, moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Thomasville, Boston, Barwick, Pidcock, Dixie, Grooverville, Everett,
Hollis, Newark, Eason, Oaklawn, and Metcalf.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3067 8398 3080 8404 3095 8368 3074 8362
TIME...MOT...LOC 0325Z 246DEG 38KT 3075 8393

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 9:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun36 min
Mar 26, 10:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELiberty34 min
Mar 26, 10:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden24 min
Mar 26, 10:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELiberty51 min
Mar 26, 10:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Leon29 min
Mar 26, 11:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden53 min
Mar 26, 11:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Leon, Liberty62 min
Mar 27, 12:46 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE119 min
Mar 27, 12:56 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE64 min
Mar 27, 1:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGulf49 min
Mar 27, 1:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGulf43 min
Mar 27, 1:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTAEFranklin, Gulf, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla40 min
Mar 27, 2:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTAEGadsden, Leon, Liberty36 min
Mar 27, 2:43 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE92 min
Mar 27, 3:15 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE35 hr
Mar 27, 3:21 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE54 min
Mar 27, 3:58 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE47 min
Mar 27, 4:13 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 hr
Mar 27, 5:11 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Mar 27, 6:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon35 min
Mar 27, 6:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Leon19 min
Mar 27, 6:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Gulf29 min
Mar 27, 6:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Gulf, Liberty33 min
Mar 27, 6:58 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEGadsden, Leon, Liberty3 hr
Mar 27, 7:01 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 hr
Mar 27, 7:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla50 min
Mar 27, 7:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELafayette34 min
Mar 27, 7:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon28 min
Mar 27, 8:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Leon39 min
Mar 27, 8:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDixie, Taylor50 min
Mar 27, 1:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE95 min
Mar 27, 1:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie58 min
Mar 26, 10:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDecatur, Seminole42 min
Mar 26, 10:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMitchell33 min
Mar 26, 11:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEThomas35 min
Mar 26, 11:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAETurner, Worth34 min
Mar 27, 1:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELanier, Lowndes49 min
Mar 27, 1:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELanier, Lowndes33 min
Mar 27, 3:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDecatur, Grady41 min
Mar 27, 3:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGrady, Mitchell, Thomas42 min
Mar 27, 3:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEColquitt, Mitchell, Tift, Worth49 min
Mar 27, 4:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBen Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth43 min
Mar 27, 5:06 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEGrady, Thomas5 hr
Mar 27, 5:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBen Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth27 min
Mar 27, 7:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEColquitt32 min
Mar 27, 8:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGrady31 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.