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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 30, 2003Clay County, Early County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 2003, 7:35 PM EDT for Clay County, Early County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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
Jun 30, 2003, 7:35 PM EDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2003, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clay County, GA, Early County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 2003-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1232 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 2003-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1232 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
779 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 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.

332 
WFUS52 KTAE 302335
TORTLH
GAC061-099-010000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
733 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
  EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
  THIS INCLUDES BLAKELY...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 728 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND LAW       
  ENFORCEMENT INDICATED A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF               
  BLAKELY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BLAKELY BY 740 PM EDT...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SAFETY IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING.
ABANDON VEHICLES. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK REFUGE IN A CULVERT...
DITCH...OR LOW SPOT...AND COVER YOUR HEAD.

IN SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES...HEED TORNADO SAFETY PLANS OR MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. CROUCH DOWN AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
AVOID GYMNASIUMS AND CAFETERIAS.

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

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION-TAKE COVER NOW THIS TORNADO IS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREME DAMAGE.

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

LAT...LON 3137 8506 3130 8491 3155 8483 3160 8495

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 7:57 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEClay, Randolph48 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.