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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 23, 2008, 5:07 PM EDT for Dougherty County, Lee County, Worth County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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
- Aug 23, 2008, 5:07 PM EDT (21:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2008, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dougherty County, GA, Lee County, GA, Worth County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 494 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KTAE 232107
TORTAE
GAC095-177-321-232145-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0036.080823T2107Z-080823T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
507 PM EDT SAT AUG 23 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL WORTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SYLVESTER...
NORTHEASTERN DOUGHERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEESBURG...
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT
* AT 503 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR SYLVESTER...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 41 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LEESBURG BY 540 PM EDT...
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.
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 (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.
LAT...LON 3191 8421 3152 8372 3144 8382 3173 8430
3175 8430 3175 8428 3179 8427 3179 8425
3182 8425 3182 8426
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 135DEG 36KT 3155 8388
$$
38-GODSEY1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KTAE 232142
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
542 PM EDT SAT AUG 23 2008
GAC095-177-321-232152-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-080823T2145Z/
DOUGHERTY GA-WORTH GA-LEE GA-
542 PM EDT SAT AUG 23 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LEE...SOUTHERN WORTH AND NORTHEASTERN
DOUGHERTY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM EDT...
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...THUS THE
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3191 8421 3152 8372 3144 8382 3173 8430
3175 8430 3175 8428 3179 8427 3179 8425
3182 8425 3182 8426
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 135DEG 36KT 3179 8417
$$
38-GODSEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 7:05 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Baker, Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur and 8 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 10:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Baker, Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 23, 10:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Grady, Thomas | 4 days |
| Aug 23, 11:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Baker, Decatur, Grady, Miller, Mitchell, Thomas | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 1:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Baker, Brooks, Colquitt, Decatur, Grady, Miller and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 4:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady, Thomas | 117 min |
| Aug 23, 4:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Berrien, Cook | 25 min |
| Aug 23, 4:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Berrien, Cook, Tift | 34 min |
| Aug 23, 5:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes and 1 more | 113 min |
| Aug 23, 6:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Grady, Thomas | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 6:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Lee, Worth | 116 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.