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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 30, 2003Clay County, Randolph County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 2003, 7:57 PM EDT for Clay County, Randolph County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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, 7:57 PM EDT (23:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2003, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clay County, GA, Randolph County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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.

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 302357
TORTLH
GAC061-243-010045-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 752 PM EDT LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST 
  OF BLUFFTON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF BLAKELY...MOVING NORTH AT  
  25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HARRISONS MILL...BLUFFTON BY 800 PM EDT...
  ZETTO BY 805 PM EDT...
  SUTTONS CORNER...JONES CROSSING BY 810 PM EDT...
  COLEMAN...WATSON CROSSROADS BY 820 PM EDT...
  RANDOLPH CO AIRPORT...COTTON HILL BY 825 PM EDT...

IF A TORNADO THREATENS YOUR LOCATION GO TO YOUR SAFE ROOM OR TORNADO
SHELTER. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A SAFE ROOM OR TORNADO SHELTER...SEEK
SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM OF THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME.

LAT...LON 3149 8500 3149 8487 3176 8480 3176 8508

$$

17-GOULD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 7:35 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEClay, Early25 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.