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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 1, 2007Randolph County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 8:27 PM EST for Randolph County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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, 8:27 PM EST (01:27 UTC)
Expired: Mar 1, 2007, 9:03 PM EST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Randolph County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 1, 8:40 PM EST	TORNADO	6 Nw Cuthbert, GA	POSSIBLE TORNADO. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG WITH DEBRIS ON THE HIGHWAY IN NORTHWEST PORTION OF RANDOLPH 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 PDS	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 170 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 020128
TORTAE
GAC243-020215-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0015.070302T0127Z-070302T0215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 915 PM EST

* AT 825 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 11 MILES WEST OF SPRINGVALE STATION...OR ABOUT 7
  MILES SOUTH OF GEORGETOWN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SPRINGVALE AND SPRINGVALE STATION BY 840 PM EST...
  WADES BY 845 PM EST...
  BENEVOLENCE BY 850 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

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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...SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA AND NORTH FLORIDA. 

LAT...LON 3193 8491 3181 8492 3172 8496 3192 8459
      3192 8474

$$

38-GODSEY

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KTAE 020137
SVSTAE

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

GAC243-020215-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-070302T0215Z/
RANDOLPH GA-
835 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY...

AT 830 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF 
SPRINGVALE STATION...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
GEORGETOWN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BENEVOLENCE AND WADES BY 845 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

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 500 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING 
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3193 8491 3181 8492 3172 8496 3192 8459
      3192 8474

$$

38-GODSEY

000 
WWUS52 KTAE 020203
SVSTAE

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

GAC243-020209-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-070302T0215Z/
RANDOLPH GA-
903 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE TORNADIC STORM HAS EXITED THE WARNED COUNTY...THEREFORE THE 
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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 500 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. 

LAT...LON 3193 8491 3181 8492 3172 8496 3192 8459
      3192 8474

$$

38-GODSEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 1, 8:18 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Clay, Quitman	27 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.