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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 6, 1999Mitchell County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at May 6, 1999, 6:56 PM EDT for Mitchell County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 1999, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 1999, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Mitchell County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 6, 7:10 PM EDTThunderstorm WindCamilla, GATrees and power lines down reported by Mitchell County EMA.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 12:00Z on 1999-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1006 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 12:00Z on 1999-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1006 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-208 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
994 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTLH 062256 RRA
TORTLH
GAC205-062330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
656 PM EDT THU MAY 6 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MITCHELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 654 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAMILLA... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE...
CAMILLA                    BY 705 PM EDT


THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETurner32 min
May 6, 7:32 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEColquitt, Worth33 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.