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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 30, 2003Quitman County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 2003, 8:21 PM EDT for Quitman County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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, 8:21 PM EDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2003, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Quitman County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2003-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 132 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2003-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 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
132 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
920 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

731 
WFUS52 KTAE 010021
TORTLH
GAC239-010045-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  QUITMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 817 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HATCHER...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
  SOUTH OF GEORGETOWN...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HATCHER BY 825 PM EDT...
  WIRE BRIDGE...CROSSROADS BY 830 PM EDT...
  UNION BY 840 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 3177 8511 3178 8497 3195 8491 3202 8508

$$

17-GOULD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 8:42 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEQuitman33 min
Jun 30, 10:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEClay, Quitman97 min
Jul 1, 4:03 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEDecatur, Grady27 min
Jul 1, 5:40 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEColquitt, Mitchell50 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.