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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 1, 2003Colquitt County, Mitchell County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 2003, 5:40 PM EDT for Colquitt County, Mitchell County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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, 5:40 PM EDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2003, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Colquitt County, GA, Mitchell 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, 4:05 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 99 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.

183 
WFUS52 KTAE 012140
TORTLH
GAC071-205-012230-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  THIS INCLUDES MOULTRIE...
  MITCHELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 532 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 17 MILES WEST OF MOULTRIE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES
  EAST OF PELHAM...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MOULTRIE BY 610 PM EDT...
  NORMAN PARK BY 620 PM EDT...

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

LAT...LON 3121 8409 3109 8405 3106 8358 3127 8355
          3133 8368

$$

17-GOULD

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, 4:03 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEDecatur, Grady27 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.