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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 28, 20094 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2009, 6:25 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 35 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
Feb 28, 2009, 6:25 PM EST (23:25 UTC)
Expired
Feb 28, 2009, 7:00 PM EST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 28, 11:39 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 121 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2009-02-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 47 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2009-02-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
47 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
637 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 282325
TORTAE
GAC019-027-173-185-010015-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0010.090228T2325Z-090301T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
625 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL BERRIEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHEASTERN BROOKS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHERN LANIER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAKELAND...
  NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 715 PM EST

* AT 619 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A DEVELOPING TORNADO ABOVE 3 MILES WEST OF HAHIRA...OR 11 MILES    
  NORTHWEST OF VALDOSTA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MOODY AFB BY 640 PM EST...
  LAKELAND BY 655 PM EST...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 
70 MPH. 

AT 623 PM EST...SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR MILE MARKER 23 
ON INTERSTATE 75 IN LOWNDES COUNTY. 

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3093 8298 3089 8346 3101 8350 3103 8337
      3103 8330 3105 8329 3109 8303
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 263DEG 29KT 3095 8337

$$

38-GODSEY
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KTAE 010000
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
700 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009

GAC019-027-173-185-010010-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-090301T0015Z/
LOWNDES GA-BROOKS GA-LANIER GA-BERRIEN GA-
700 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL BERRIEN...CENTRAL
LANIER...NORTHEASTERN BROOKS AND NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED...THUS 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EST SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3093 8298 3089 8346 3101 8350 3103 8337
      3103 8330 3105 8329 3109 8303
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 263DEG 29KT 3098 8303

$$

38-GODSEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 11:43 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAERandolph, Terrell32 min
Feb 28, 1:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Early, Miller49 min
Feb 28, 2:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Miller, Mitchell and 1 more34 min
Feb 28, 2:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBen Hill, Turner45 min
Feb 28, 2:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Seminole49 min
Feb 28, 3:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Irwin, Tift42 min
Feb 28, 3:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEColquitt, Cook, Tift, Worth50 min
Feb 28, 3:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Grady45 min
Feb 28, 3:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEIrwin28 min
Feb 28, 3:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEColquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas48 min
Feb 28, 3:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Tift45 min
Feb 28, 4:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Colquitt, Cook, Thomas38 min
Feb 28, 4:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAESeminole64 min
Feb 28, 4:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Lowndes46 min
Feb 28, 4:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier20 min
Feb 28, 5:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur63 min
Feb 28, 5:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Thomas45 min
Feb 28, 5:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Grady43 min
Feb 28, 6:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Lanier, Lowndes51 min
Feb 28, 6:17 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEDecatur28 min
Feb 28, 6:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDougherty, Lee, Terrell57 min

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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.