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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 8:18 PM EST for Clay County, Quitman County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report 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, 8:18 PM EST (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2007, 8:45 PM EST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clay County, GA, Quitman County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 8:30 PM EST | TORNADO | 1 Se Hatcher, GA | POSSIBLE TORNADO. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN RURAL PORTION OF THE COUNTY. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 10:47 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 175 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 412 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTAE 020119 TORTAE GAC061-239-020145- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0014.070302T0118Z-070302T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 818 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA QUITMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN * UNTIL 845 PM EST * AT 815 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GEORGETOWN...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 8 MILES SOUTH OF GEORGETOWN BY 825 PM EST... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. 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...NORTHERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3196 8514 3170 8513 3174 8496 3199 8499 $$ 38-GODSEY
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KTAE 020129 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 829 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007 GAC061-239-020145- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070302T0145Z/ CLAY GA-QUITMAN GA- 829 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EST FOR QUITMAN AND NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTIES... AT 825 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RICKS PLACE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF GEORGETOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... UNION BY 835 PM EST... THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...NORTHERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3196 8514 3171 8511 3179 8491 3199 8499 $$ 38-GODSEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 8:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Randolph | 36 min |
| Mar 1, 10:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Clay, Quitman | 65 min |
| Mar 1, 11:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Dougherty, Mitchell | 37 min |
| Mar 1, 11:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Dougherty, Mitchell, Tift, Turner, Worth | 49 min |
| Mar 2, 1:56 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Brooks, Thomas | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 2:25 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lowndes | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 2:20 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 29 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.