Steep mid-level lapse rates and slightly strong deeper layer shear than normal for early summer moved across the area and resulted in a scattering of severe storms.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS TAE wrote it up.
Steep mid-level lapse rates and slightly strong deeper layer shear than normal for early summer moved across the area and resulted in a scattering of severe storms.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 4, 9:54 AM EST, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1054 AM EDT Mon Jun 4 2012
...Severe storms possible over portions of the area this afternoon
and evening...
.UPDATE...The 12Z Regional Surface Analysis indicated a trough
associated with a low pressure system extending through central GA
and AL. An MCS currently over this region is expected to move
rapidly southeast and approach southwest GA and southeastern AL
by around noon. This morning's POPs have been adjusted upwards to
account for the arrival of these storms.
The 12Z TLH sounding also indicated a strong subsidence inversion
associated with a large amount of low-level moisture and steep
mid-level lapse rates. With CAPE values upwards of 3300 J/kg
storms and 50kt mid-level flow approaching the northern portions of
the CWA in southern GA and AL this afternoon, storms have the potential
to become severe with damaging wind gusts and possibly large hail.
&&
.AVIATION (through 12z Tuesday)...VFR conditions are prevailing
at all terminals this morning. DHN, ABY, and VLD have VCTS
expected this afternoon around 21Z with approaching storms from
the northwest. ABY and VLD may see brief period of MVFR associated
with these storms with return to VFR by 00Z. The next concern will
be the onset of fog by 08Z tomorrow morning dropping conditions to
MVFR at all terminals except DHN which will remain VFR.
&&
.MARINE...The gradient is expected to tighten over the waters this
afternoon and tonight as a slow-moving front begins to approach
from the north. May see some 15 knot winds this afternoon, with
the potential for headline conditions overnight tonight.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Tallahassee 96 72 93 73 89 / 10 30 70 50 60
Panama City 88 76 90 75 88 / 10 30 60 50 60
Dothan 95 73 93 73 91 / 40 40 60 40 60
Albany 93 72 91 71 91 / 50 40 60 40 50
Valdosta 93 71 90 71 89 / 40 30 70 40 60
Cross City 89 74 90 74 89 / 10 20 60 40 50
Apalachicola 89 76 89 75 86 / 0 20 60 40 50
&&
.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...None.
GA...None.
FL...Red Flag Warning from 2 PM to 5 PM CDT this afternoon for Holmes-
Inland Walton-Jackson.
GM...None.
&&
Camp/Schaer/GodseyHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 338 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2012 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-051100- COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF- INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE-SOUTH WALTON- COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON- COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL DIXIE-QUITMAN-CLAY- RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN- EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE- DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 338 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2012 /238 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE MAIN THREATS ARE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY AND EXPAND TO COVER MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE THREAT FOR A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY EXIST ON WEDNESDAY AS WELL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY PART OF TONIGHT...AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP. DVD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
105 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2012
GAZ128>131-041745-
TURNER GA-TIFT GA-BEN HILL GA-IRWIN GA-
105 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR BEN HILL...IRWIN...TIFT
AND TURNER COUNTIES...
* UNTIL 145 PM EDT
AT 106 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
FITZGERALD TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ASHBURN...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM ASHTON TO INAHA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
LAT...LON 3160 8305 3157 8305 3147 8312 3147 8335
3149 8336 3147 8344 3163 8366 3185 8320
3185 8318 3182 8313 3182 8309 3178 8299
3169 8299
TIME...MOT...LOC 1705Z 312DEG 24KT 3178 8315 3160 8360
25-CAMPThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
11 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down at the intersection of Altamaha Street and Sherman Street in Fitzgerald. Monetary damage was estimated.
Nickel size hail was reported just east of Fitzgerald on Jacksonville Highway.
A tree was blown down on Broxton Highway. Monetary damage was estimated.
Hail to the size of nickels was estimated at the intersection of U.S. Highway 84 East and U.S. Highway 19 South.
The public observed a funnel cloud from Country Oaks golf course.
The Thomasville airport AWOS measured a wind gust of 64 mph.
Shingles were blown off the roof of a home on Centennial Road. Monetary damage was estimated.
Lightning struck a gas station and caused a fire. Monetary damage was estimated.
A tree and some power lines were blown down across Ozell Road near the Vinson Road intersection. Monetary damage was estimated.
Multiple trees and power lines were blown down. Monetary damage was estimated.
Trees and power lines were blown down near Pavo. Monetary damage was estimated.
A large pine tree was blown down over the roadway near Meigs. Monetary damage was estimated.
Trees and power lines were blown down near Barney. Monetary damage was estimated.
Trees were blown down all over the Hahira area. Monetary damage was estimated.
Trees were blown down all over Colquitt county. Monetary damage was estimated.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, June 2012
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 374998, 374996, 374999, 374997, 374995, 375002, 375003, 375001, 375004, 375005, 375007, 375006, 375008, 375009, 375010.