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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 25, 2008Miller County, Seminole County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 2008, 9:29 PM EDT for Miller County, Seminole County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Aug 25, 2008, 9:29 PM EDT (01:29 UTC)
Expired: Aug 25, 2008, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Miller County, GA, Seminole County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 25, 10:02 PM EDT	TORNADO	Colquitt, GA	TREES DOWN AND TIN ROOF REMOVED FROM RESIDENCE AT 1338 MAYHAW ROAD.
Aug 25, 10:04 PM EDT	TORNADO	Colquitt, GA	BARN DAMAGED AT 1107 SHINGLER ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 95 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: 2334 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 637 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.1
Supercell composite: 6.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 260129
TORTAE
GAC201-253-260215-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0052.080826T0129Z-080826T0215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLQUITT...
  NORTHERN SEMINOLE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DONALSONVILLE...

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 925 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR DONALSONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 27 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DONALSONVILLE BY 935 PM EDT...
  COLQUITT BY 1000 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 3118 8455 3099 8491 3106 8499 3108 8498
      3108 8492 3115 8491 3124 8483
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 229DEG 23KT 3105 8493

$$

17-GOULD

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KTAE 260200
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1000 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008

GAC201-253-260215-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-080826T0215Z/
SEMINOLE GA-MILLER GA-
959 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR WESTERN
MILLER AND NORTHWESTERN SEMINOLE COUNTIES...

AT 956 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MAYHAW...OR 7
MILES WEST OF COLQUITT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN MILLER COUNTY HAS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE
GROUND WITH TREES DOWN JUST TO THE WEST OF ENTERPRISE ON GRADY COBB
ROAD.

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 3123 8479 3121 8467 3120 8467 3099 8491
      3106 8499 3108 8498 3108 8492 3115 8491
      3124 8484 3124 8482
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 212DEG 21KT 3117 8484

$$

14-MROCZKA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 25, 8:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Early	40 min
Aug 25, 8:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Early, Miller, Seminole	39 min
Aug 25, 10:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Early, Miller	44 min
Aug 26, 1:57 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	TAE	Decatur, Miller, Seminole	59 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.