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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2008, 12:14 PM EDT for Clay County, Randolph County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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 24, 2008, 12:14 PM EDT (16:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2008, 1:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clay County, GA, Randolph County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 1709 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 532 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 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 241614 TORTAE GAC061-243-241700- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0039.080824T1614Z-080824T1700Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1214 PM EDT SUN AUG 24 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... WEST CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 100 PM EDT * AT 1211 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR PECAN...OR JUST EAST OF FORT GAINES...MOVING NORTH AT 16 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PECAN AND JONES CROSSING BY 1225 PM EDT... BETHEL BY 1235 PM EDT... WATSON CROSSROADS AND DAYS CROSSROADS BY 1245 PM EDT... COTTON HILL...GARNERSVILLE AND MOORES CROSSROADS BY 1250 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 3177 8506 3177 8488 3157 8497 3157 8503 TIME...MOT...LOC 1614Z 187DEG 14KT 3160 8499 $$ 38-GODSEY
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KTAE 241640 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1240 PM EDT SUN AUG 24 2008 GAC061-243-241700- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080824T1700Z/ CLAY GA-RANDOLPH GA- 1239 PM EDT SUN AUG 24 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EDT FOR SOUTHWEST CENTRAL RANDOLPH AND NORTH CENTRAL CLAY COUNTIES... AT 1235 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BETHEL...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT GAINES...MOVING NORTH AT 16 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... COTTON HILL AND WATSON CROSSROADS BY 1245 PM EDT... GARNERSVILLE AND MOORES CROSSROADS BY 1250 PM EDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3177 8504 3177 8489 3166 8496 3166 8500 TIME...MOT...LOC 1639Z 187DEG 14KT 3170 8497 $$ 38-GODSEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 8:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Grady, Thomas | 116 min |
| Aug 23, 9:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Grady | 115 min |
| Aug 23, 11:31 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Lee | 60 hr |
| Aug 24, 7:56 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Lowndes | 4 days |
| Aug 24, 11:25 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Decatur | 41 hr |
| Aug 24, 12:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early | 28 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.