Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 40, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2008, 12:32 PM EDT for Early County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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, 12:32 PM EDT (16:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2008, 1:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Early County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 241632 TORTAE GAC099-241700- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0040.080824T1632Z-080824T1700Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1232 PM EDT SUN AUG 24 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLAKELY... * UNTIL 100 PM EDT * AT 1228 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR BLAKELY...MOVING NORTH AT 17 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... EARLY CO A/P BY 1240 PM EDT... COLOMOKEE BY 1255 PM EDT... FERRELL CROSSROADS BY 100 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 3150 8492 3146 8479 3130 8488 3130 8495 TIME...MOT...LOC 1631Z 190DEG 15KT 3136 8489 $$ 38-GODSEY
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KTAE 241641
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1241 PM EDT SUN AUG 24 2008
GAC099-241700-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-080824T1700Z/
EARLY GA-
1241 PM EDT SUN AUG 24 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL EARLY COUNTY...
AT 1239 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EARLY CO
A/P...MOVING NORTH AT 18 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
COLOMOKEE BY 1250 PM EDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3149 8489 3147 8482 3146 8479 3144 8481
3135 8486 3136 8492
TIME...MOT...LOC 1641Z 200DEG 16KT 3140 8486
$$
38-GODSEYThe 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, 12:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Clay, Randolph | 46 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.