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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 2008, 10:16 PM EDT for Early County, Miller County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 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, 10:16 PM EDT (02:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2008, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Early County, GA, Miller County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KTAE 260216
TORTAE
GAC099-201-260300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0053.080826T0216Z-080826T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1016 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
NORTH CENTRAL MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
* AT 1008 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR HENTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 23 MPH.
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED WITH TREES DOWN EARLIER TO THE WEST OF
ENTERPRISE WITH THIS STORM.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HENTOWN...COREA AND JETERVILLE BY 1020 PM EDT...
OLD DAMASCUS AND DAMASCUS BY 1030 PM EDT...
DOUGLASS CROSSROADS BY 1035 PM EDT...
ROWENA AND DOUGLASVILLE BY 1040 PM EDT...
NICHOLASVILLE BY 1050 PM EDT...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM
TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
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 3132 8463 3118 8474 3122 8487 3142 8479
3143 8477 3143 8463
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 209DEG 20KT 3124 8479
$$
14-MROCZKA1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KTAE 260226
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1026 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008
GAC201-260234-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-080826T0300Z/
MILLER GA-
1024 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MILLER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE
WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF MILLER COUNTY. THEREFORE THE
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3143 8463 3133 8464 3127 8470 3126 8472
3126 8485 3127 8485 3137 8481 3142 8479
3143 8477
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 209DEG 20KT 3129 8476
$$
GAC099-260300-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-080826T0300Z/
EARLY GA-
1024 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL EARLY COUNTY...
AT 1019 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OLD
DAMASCUS...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF COLQUITT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 23 MPH.
A POSSIBLE TORNADO WITH TREES DOWN WAS REPORTED EARLIER WITH THIS
STORM TO THE WEST OF THE ENTERPRISE AREA.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
OLD DAMASCUS AND DAMASCUS BY 1030 PM EDT...
ROWENA AND DOUGLASVILLE BY 1040 PM EDT...
NICHOLASVILLE BY 1050 PM EDT...
THIS REMAINS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM
TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
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 3143 8463 3133 8464 3127 8470 3126 8472
3126 8485 3127 8485 3137 8481 3142 8479
3143 8477
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 209DEG 20KT 3129 8476
$$
14-MROCZKAThe 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, 9:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Miller, Seminole | 46 min |
| Aug 26, 1:57 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Decatur, Miller, Seminole | 59 hr |
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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.