Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 69, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 8, 2008, 5:11 PM EDT for Decatur County, Seminole County, Georgia; Jackson County, Florida. It was in force for 49 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
- Oct 8, 2008, 5:11 PM EDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2008, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 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 21:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTAE 082111 TORTAE FLC063-GAC087-253-082200- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0069.081008T2111Z-081008T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 511 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... CENTRAL SEMINOLE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 600 PM EDT/500 PM CDT/ * AT 406 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR HAYNES...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DONALSONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 26 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... DESSER BY 525 PM EDT... REYNOLDSVILLE BY 535 PM EDT... BETHANY BY 540 PM EDT... BRINSON BY 545 PM EDT... CYRENE AND HALES LANDING BY 550 PM EDT... 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 3100 8470 3082 8456 3079 8501 3090 8504 TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 256DEG 23KT 3085 8495 $$ 85-GIBBS
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KTAE 082128
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
528 PM EDT WED OCT 8 2008
FLC063-082137-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-081008T2200Z/
JACKSON FL-
427 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3096 8467 3092 8464 3090 8462 3088 8461
3084 8457 3083 8458 3082 8488 3090 8491
3099 8469
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 256DEG 23KT 3087 8483
$$
GAC087-253-082200-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-081008T2200Z/
SEMINOLE GA-DECATUR GA-
527 PM EDT WED OCT 8 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL DECATUR AND CENTRAL SEMINOLE COUNTIES...
AT 523 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DESSER...OR 12
MILES SOUTH OF DONALSONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 26 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
REYNOLDSVILLE BY 535 PM EDT...
BETHANY BY 540 PM EDT...
CYRENE AND HALES LANDING BY 550 PM EDT...
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 3096 8467 3092 8464 3090 8462 3088 8461
3084 8457 3083 8458 3082 8488 3090 8491
3099 8469
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 256DEG 23KT 3087 8483
$$
85-GIBBSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 3:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 39 min |
| Oct 8, 4:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 54 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
Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 2008Tornado Warnings in Florida, 2008Every tornado warning in 2008Tornadoes in 2008
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.