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Tornado Warning 67, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 8, 2008Decatur County, Seminole County, Georgia; Jackson County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 8, 2008, 3:51 PM EDT for Decatur County, Seminole County, Georgia; Jackson County, Florida. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report 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: Oct 8, 2008, 3:51 PM EDT (19:51 UTC)
Expired: Oct 8, 2008, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Jackson County, FL, Decatur County, GA, Seminole County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 8, 4:16 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Fairchild, GA	DAMAGE TO TWO VACANT HOMES NEAR SEMINOLE STATE PARK. SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED IN THE AREA. WIND DAMAGE WAS FROM STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH.

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 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 74 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: 289 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 081951
TORTAE
FLC063-GAC087-253-082030-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0067.081008T1951Z-081008T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
351 PM EDT WED OCT 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  WEST CENTRAL DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  SOUTHERN SEMINOLE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT/330 PM CDT/

* AT 248 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR FAIRCHILD...OR 16 MILES EAST OF MARIANNA...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 26 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  FAIRCHILD AND SEMINOLE STATE PARK BY 400 PM EDT...
  DESSER BY 410 PM EDT...
  REYNOLDSVILLE BY 415 PM EDT...
  BETHANY BY 420 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 3101 8479 3076 8468 3072 8497 3083 8503
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 233DEG 23KT 3079 8496

$$

38-GODSEY

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KTAE 082007
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
407 PM EDT WED OCT 8 2008

FLC063-082017-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-081008T2030Z/
JACKSON FL-
307 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IS
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 3101 8479 3076 8468 3073 8488 3075 8489
      3075 8492 3079 8493 3084 8492 3085 8493
      3090 8494
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 250DEG 21KT 3082 8487

$$

GAC087-253-082030-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-081008T2030Z/
SEMINOLE GA-DECATUR GA-
407 PM EDT WED OCT 8 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR WEST 
CENTRAL DECATUR AND SOUTHERN SEMINOLE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST 
GEORGIA...

AT 405 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRCHILD...OR 15
MILES SOUTH OF DONALSONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 24 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  REYNOLDSVILLE...6 MILES NORTH OF HUTCHINSON LANDING AND 7 MILES
  NORTH OF RECOVERY BY 420 PM EDT...
  BETHANY BY 425 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.

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 3101 8479 3076 8468 3073 8488 3075 8489
      3075 8492 3079 8493 3084 8492 3085 8493
      3090 8494
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 250DEG 21KT 3082 8487

$$

38-GODSEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 8, 4:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Decatur, Seminole	54 min
Oct 8, 5:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Decatur, Seminole	49 min
Oct 8, 5:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Baker, Decatur, Grady, Mitchell	48 min
Oct 8, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur	38 min
Oct 8, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady	18 min
Oct 8, 9:23 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Bay	17 min
Oct 8, 10:10 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Franklin	20 min
Oct 8, 10:14 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		31 min
Oct 8, 1:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Washington	57 min
Oct 8, 2:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jackson	52 min
Oct 8, 3:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Jackson	24 min
Oct 8, 5:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Leon	28 min
Oct 8, 7:32 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		58 min
Oct 8, 7:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Franklin	33 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.