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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 1, 2007Quitman County, Randolph County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 3:24 PM EST for Quitman County, Randolph County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 1, 2007, 3:24 PM EST (20:24 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2007, 4:00 PM EST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 1, 3:45 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG2 Nw Cuthbert, GAA FEW TREES DOWN NORTHEAST OF CUTHBERT.
Mar 1, 3:45 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG2 Nw Cuthbert, GAA FEW TREES DOWN NORTHWEST OF CUTHBERT.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 1, 10:47 AM ESTTornado Watch PDSSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 2007-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2007-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 322 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-377 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
891 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
322 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
447 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 012026
TORTAE
GAC239-243-012115-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0013.070301T2024Z-070301T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
324 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 PM EST

* AT 321 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HATCHER...OR ABOUT 8      
  MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT GAINES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HATCHER AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WIRE BRIDGE BY 335 PM EST...
  MORRIS AND CROSSROADS BY 340 PM EST...
  UNION...SPRINGVALE AND SPRINGVALE STATION BY 345 PM EST...
  BENEVOLENCE BY 400 PM EST...
 
  THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL TO GOLFBALL 
  SIZE OR LARGER.

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN
GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3192 8491 3192 8461 3182 8469 3178 8481
      3172 8491 3172 8495 3177 8495 3179 8499
      3179 8512 3184 8511 3195 8496

$$

14-MROCZKA
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KTAE 012100
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
358 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007

GAC239-243-012108-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070301T2115Z/
RANDOLPH GA-QUITMAN GA-
358 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN QUITMAN AND NORTHWESTERN
RANDOLPH COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM POSSIBLY PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS 
WEAKENED AND MOVED NORTH OF THE AREA. THEREFORE... THE TORNADO 
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN
GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3192 8491 3192 8461 3182 8469 3178 8481
      3172 8491 3172 8495 3177 8495 3179 8499
      3179 8512 3184 8511 3195 8496

$$

14-MROCZKA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 3:11 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEClay29 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.