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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 1, 2003Decatur County, Grady County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 2003, 4:03 PM EDT for Decatur County, Grady 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
Jul 1, 2003, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2003, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Decatur County, GA, Grady County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 1, 10:40 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 2003-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1717 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 2003-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 157 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
1717 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
588 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
6.7

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The text

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

500 
WFUS52 KTAE 012003
TORTLH
GAC087-131-012030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
403 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
  THIS INCLUDES BAINBRIDGE...
  NORTHERN GRADY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
  THIS INCLUDES CAIRO...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 400 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER WEST BAINBRIDGE...OR ABOUT 2 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF BAINBRIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WEST BAINBRIDGE...BAINBRIDGE BY 405 PM EDT...
  WHIGHAM...CAIRO BY 430 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.

LAT...LON 3101 8470 3083 8468 3083 8419 3106 8421

$$

48-TURNAGE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 8:21 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEQuitman24 min
Jun 30, 8:42 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEQuitman33 min
Jun 30, 10:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEClay, Quitman97 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.