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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 25, 2003Mitchell County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2003, 10:33 AM EDT for Mitchell County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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, 10:33 AM EDT (14:33 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2003, 11:00 AM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mitchell County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 89 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.

185 
WFUS52 KTAE 251433
TORTLH
GAC205-251500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1032 AM EDT FRI APR 25 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MITCHELL COUNTY IN GEORGIA
  THIS INCLUDES...PELHAM...CAMILLA...

* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT

* AT 1030 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A  
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAMILLA...MOVING EAST AT  
  25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PELHAM...CAMILLA BY 1050 AM EDT...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...ABANDON YOUR MOBILE HOME FOR
A REINFORCED SHELTER.

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833.

LAT...LON 3122 8437 3108 8437 3112 8401 3137 8401

$$

8-JAMSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 10:13 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEDecatur, Grady47 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.