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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 7, 2003Grady County, Mitchell County, Thomas County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 7, 2003, 5:49 AM EST for Grady County, Mitchell County, Thomas County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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
Mar 7, 2003, 5:49 AM EST (10:49 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 2003, 6:15 AM EST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Grady County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Thomas County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 00:00Z on 2003-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 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 00:00Z on 2003-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-525 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
733 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

400 
WFUS52 KTAE 071049
TORTLH
GAC131-205-275-071115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
548 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GRADY COUNTY IN GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN GEORGIA
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN THOMAS COUNTY IN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 615 AM EST

* AT 544 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEIGS...OR ABOUT 6 MILES
  SOUTH OF PELHAM...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM THROUGH 615 AM EST...
  MEIGS...

LAT...LON 3109 8419 3097 8413 3104 8400 3116 8403

$$

7-TREXLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 6:06 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEColquitt24 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 2003Every tornado warning in 2003Tornadoes in 2003

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.