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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 13, 20094 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 13, 2009, 10:26 AM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 13, 2009, 10:26 AM EDT (14:26 UTC)
Expired: Apr 13, 2009, 11:15 AM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Baker County, GA, Early County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 13, 10:12 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 99 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: 138 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -213 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 391 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 472 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 13, 9:41 AM EDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 9:41 AM EDT, 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 13, 4:21 AM EDT, 6 hours 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
421 AM EDT MON APR 13 2009

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-
GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-140830-
COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-
HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-
JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-QUITMAN-
CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-
IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-
DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE
RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
421 AM EDT MON APR 13 2009 /321 AM CDT MON APR 13 2009/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND
AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1O AM CDT FOR SE ALA AND THE
ADJACENT FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AND TORNADOES POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

...LOCAL AREA IN SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE TSTMS TODAY INTO TONIGHT...

...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL ACROSS THE WESTERN ZONES TODAY...

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE LOCAL AREA THROUGH TONIGHT.
A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH AND NORTHEAST THIS MORNING INTO THIS
EVENING FOLLOWED BY A SQUALL LINE AND PARENT FRONT MOVING WEST TO
EAST THIS EVENING INTO EARLY TUESDAY. INSTABILITY AND SHEAR WILL BE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE
HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOS WITH THE RISK ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO A THREAT...ACROSS
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON
SPREADING EAST AND SOUTHEAST THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WOULD EXASPERATE
CURRENT FLOODING CONCERNS. (SEE FLOOD PRODUCTS FOR MORE DETAILS)

DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. IF YOU SEE FLOOD
WATERS...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

STRONG ONSHORE WINDS AHEAD AND ALONG THE FRONT WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS
SURF AND HIGH RIP CURRENTS ESPECIALLY FOR THE COASTLINES OF
WALTON...BAY AND GULF COUNTIES. WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE TODAY
GENERATING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS OVER THE LOCAL WATERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

AS THE COLD FRONT EXITS EAST ON TUESDAY MORNING...SOME SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST THIRD OF THE FORECAST
AREA..ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHEAST BIG BEND. THEN...CLEARING WILL
OCCUR FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH A COOLER AND DRIER
AIRMASS FILTERING IN. THE NEXT BEST CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE LATE
SATURDAY AND DURING SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. SPOTTERS AND
EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER AND REPORT ANY
SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA
OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP.

BLOCK

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 13, 8:46 AM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
846 AM EDT MON APR 13 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0833 AM     HAIL             SAMSON                  31.11N 86.05W
04/13/2009  E0.75 INCH       GENEVA             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

WOOL

Local storm report, Apr 13, 8:48 AM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
848 AM EDT MON APR 13 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0833 AM     TSTM WND GST     SAMSON                  31.11N 86.05W
04/13/2009  E50.00 MPH       GENEVA             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

WOOL

Local storm report, Apr 13, 9:08 AM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
908 AM EDT MON APR 13 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0904 AM     TSTM WND DMG     5 S SLOCOMB             31.04N 85.59W
04/13/2009                   GENEVA             AL   PUBLIC

            BARN BLEW DOWN

&&

DUGGAN

Local storm report, Apr 13, 9:16 AM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
916 AM EDT MON APR 13 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0900 AM     TORNADO          SLOCOMB                 31.11N 85.59W
04/13/2009                   GENEVA             AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TORNADO TOUCH DOWN SIGNIFCANT STRUCTUAL DAMAGE. BLUE BIRD
            LANE, CO ROAD 4 AND 9

&&

DUGGAN

Local storm report, Apr 13, 9:21 AM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
921 AM EDT MON APR 13 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0845 AM     TSTM WND DMG     GENEVA                  31.04N 85.88W
04/13/2009                   GENEVA             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            GENEVA CHOOCTAW AND COUNTY WIDE WIND DAMAGE MULTIPLE
            TREES DOWN. POWER OUT IN GENEVA. TREES DOWN ON CO. ROADS
            41,19,4 WEST

&&

DUGGAN

Local storm report, Apr 13, 9:36 AM EDT, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
936 AM EDT MON APR 13 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0930 AM     FUNNEL CLOUD     2 N CAMPBELLTON         30.98N 85.40W
04/13/2009                   JACKSON            FL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DEPUTY SAW 2 FUNNEL CLOUDS BETWEEN CAMPBELLTON AND
            COTTONWOOD

&&

DUGGAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 13, 3:18 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	TAE		30 hr
Apr 13, 4:05 AM EDT	High Surf Advisory	TAE	Bay, Gulf, Walton	14 hr
Apr 13, 8:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton	36 min
Apr 13, 8:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Jackson	47 min
Apr 13, 9:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jackson	37 min
Apr 13, 10:41 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	TAE	Bay, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington	8 hr
Apr 13, 10:57 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	TAE	Gadsden, Leon	8 days
Apr 13, 11:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Jackson, Washington	49 min
Apr 13, 11:56 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Jackson, Washington	34 min
Apr 13, 12:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		64 min
Apr 13, 12:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jackson	37 min
Apr 13, 12:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Jackson	45 min
Apr 13, 1:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty	38 min
Apr 13, 1:13 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		62 min
Apr 13, 1:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington	41 min
Apr 13, 1:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun	37 min
Apr 13, 2:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Jackson, Liberty	51 min
Apr 13, 2:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson and 5 more	8 hr
Apr 13, 2:22 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		113 min
Apr 13, 2:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Liberty	23 min
Apr 13, 2:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty	38 min
Apr 13, 2:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Gadsden, Liberty	31 min
Apr 13, 2:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Jackson, Liberty, Washington	42 min
Apr 13, 3:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Gadsden, Leon, Liberty	41 min
Apr 13, 3:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Gadsden, Leon, Liberty	45 min
Apr 13, 3:18 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	38 hr
Apr 13, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty, Washington	44 min
Apr 13, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon	38 min
Apr 13, 4:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	TAE	Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson, Lafayette and 5 more	8 hr
Apr 13, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		59 min
Apr 13, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson	38 min
Apr 13, 4:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Leon and 4 more	116 min
Apr 13, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Gulf	40 min
Apr 13, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Franklin, Gadsden, Liberty	43 min
Apr 13, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Madison	48 min
Apr 13, 5:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		87 min
Apr 13, 5:56 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Franklin, Gulf	49 min
Apr 13, 6:05 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		55 min
Apr 13, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Leon, Wakulla	38 min
Apr 13, 6:16 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon	119 min
Apr 13, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Gulf	49 min
Apr 13, 6:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Franklin	31 min
Apr 13, 6:36 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		84 min
Apr 13, 6:43 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty and 3 more	2 hr
Apr 13, 6:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Franklin, Gulf	42 min
Apr 13, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Wakulla	39 min
Apr 13, 7:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		83 min
Apr 13, 7:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		64 min
Apr 13, 7:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Taylor	44 min
Apr 13, 7:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Taylor	50 min
Apr 13, 7:28 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Taylor	107 min
Apr 13, 9:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Early, Randolph, Terrell	46 min
Apr 13, 10:50 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	TAE	Grady, Thomas	4 days
Apr 13, 11:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Colquitt, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth	51 min
Apr 13, 11:11 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	TAE	Lowndes	7 days
Apr 13, 11:33 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Decatur, Dougherty, Early and 8 more	8 hr
Apr 13, 11:43 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth	47 min
Apr 13, 12:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner	49 min
Apr 13, 12:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Tift, Worth	51 min
Apr 13, 1:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner	39 min
Apr 13, 1:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas	44 min
Apr 13, 2:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur and 10 more	8 hr
Apr 13, 2:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Mitchell, Thomas, Tift and 1 more	48 min
Apr 13, 9:14 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Houston	31 min
Apr 13, 9:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	8 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.