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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 17, 2008, 7:32 PM EST for Clay County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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
- Feb 17, 2008, 7:32 PM EST (00:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2008, 8:15 PM EST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Clay County, GA
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 1:32 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Feb 17, 6:58 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 593 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 478 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KTAE 180033
TORTAE
GAC061-180115-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0011.080218T0032Z-080218T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
732 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FORT GAINES...
* UNTIL 815 PM EST
* AT 627 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LIKELY TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF FORT GAINES...OR NEAR
ABBEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
8 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT GAINES BY 745 PM EST...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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.
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. 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 100 AM EST MONDAY MORNING FOR
NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3177 8497 3165 8494 3160 8505 3161 8506
3163 8506 3164 8507 3178 8513
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 243DEG 44KT 3165 8525
$$
38-GODSEY1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KTAE 180043
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
742 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008
ALC045-180052-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-080218T0100Z/
DALE AL-
642 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DALE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3169 8511 3167 8509 3161 8510 3158 8521
3163 8531 3176 8521 3178 8513
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 247DEG 42KT 3168 8511
$$
ALC067-180100-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-080218T0100Z/
HENRY AL-
642 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY...
AT 637 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SCREAMER...OR 8
MILES NORTHEAST OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
AT 637 PM CST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED DAMAGE IN THE SCREAMER
AREA FROM THIS TORNADO ALONG WITH GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. 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 800 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3169 8511 3167 8509 3161 8510 3158 8521
3163 8531 3176 8521 3178 8513
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 247DEG 42KT 3168 8511
$$
38-GODSEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 9:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady | 39 min |
| Feb 17, 10:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 57 min |
| Feb 18, 1:06 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur | 39 min |
| Feb 18, 1:06 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur | 39 min |
| Feb 18, 1:33 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Grady | 42 min |
| Feb 18, 2:01 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas | 44 min |
| Feb 18, 2:37 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Tift, Worth | 38 min |
| Feb 18, 3:43 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt, Decatur and 15 more | 27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.