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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 25, 2003Decatur County, Grady County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2003, 10:13 AM EDT for Decatur County, Grady County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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
Apr 25, 2003, 10:13 AM EDT (14:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2003, 11:00 AM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Decatur County, GA, Grady County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 25, 7:05 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 2003-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 426 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 2003-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 302 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
426 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
718 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
302 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
402 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
7.7

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The text

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

296 
WFUS52 KTAE 251413
TORTLH
GAC087-131-251500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1013 AM EDT FRI APR 25 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN GEORGIA
  NORTHERN GRADY COUNTY IN GEORGIA
  THIS INCLUDES CAIRO...

* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT

* AT 1007 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 23 MILES WEST OF CAIRO...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH
  OF BAINBRIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CAIRO BY 1045 AM 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.

LAT...LON 3103 8457 3093 8458 3083 8409 3105 8412

$$

22-BARRY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 10:33 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEMitchell27 min
Apr 25, 11:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBen Hill17 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.