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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 16, 2003Grady County, Mitchell County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 16, 2003, 8:09 AM EST for Grady County, Mitchell County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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
Feb 16, 2003, 8:09 AM EST (13:09 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 2003, 8:45 AM EST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Grady County, GA, Mitchell County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 251 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2003-02-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2003-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1130 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
222 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.

077 
WFUS52 KTAE 161309
TORTLH
GAC131-205-161345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
809 AM EST SUN FEB 16 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 AM EST

* AT 805 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PELHAM...OR ABOUT 10 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF CAIRO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PELHAM BY 825 AM EST...

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

LAT...LON 3104 8436 3095 8427 3115 8402 3126 8415

$$

22-BARRY

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.