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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 25, 2008Baker County, Dougherty County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 2008, 7:01 PM EDT for Baker County, Dougherty County, Georgia. It was in force for 20 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 25, 2008, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired: Aug 25, 2008, 7:21 PM EDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Baker County, GA, Dougherty County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 114 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: 2886 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 252301
TORTAE
GAC007-095-260000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0045.080825T2301Z-080826T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
701 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BAKER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEWTON...
  DOUGHERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ALBANY...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 654 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR NEWTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 23 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ALBANY AND EAST ALBANY BY 750 PM EDT...
  TURNER CITY BY 755 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.

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 3162 8408 3141 8417 3139 8420 3134 8423
      3134 8426 3133 8427 3133 8430 3131 8432
      3133 8442 3163 8432
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 209DEG 20KT 3135 8431

$$

17-GOULD

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KTAE 252321
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
721 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008

GAC007-095-252329-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-080826T0000Z/
BAKER GA-DOUGHERTY GA-
719 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL DOUGHERTY AND NORTHEASTERN BAKER
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH WAS PRODUCING THE TORNADO HAS WEAKENED. HEAVY 
RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT 30 TO 45 
MINUTES IN BAKER AND DOUGHERTY COUNTIES.  

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 3162 8408 3141 8417 3139 8420 3134 8423
      3134 8426 3133 8427 3133 8430 3131 8432
      3133 8442 3163 8432
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 209DEG 20KT 3144 8425

$$

17-GOULD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 25, 11:30 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more	32 hr
Aug 25, 7:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Early	30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.