Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2009, 9:52 AM EDT for Decatur County, Seminole County, Georgia; Jackson County, Florida. It was in force for 23 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
- Mar 27, 2009, 9:52 AM EDT (13:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2009, 10:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jackson County, FL, Decatur County, GA, Seminole County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 10:11 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nnw Reynoldsville, GA | AT JOEL POOLE ROAD AND THREE NOTCH ROAD...THERE WERE POLES AND LINES DOWN. SHEET METAL WAS BLOWN INTO THE ROAD AND THERE WAS DAMAGE TO A PIVOT IRRIGATION SYSTEM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 6:02 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -249 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTAE 271352 TORTAE FLC063-GAC087-253-271415- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0021.090327T1352Z-090327T1415Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 952 AM EDT FRI MAR 27 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... WESTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... SOUTHERN SEMINOLE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 1015 AM EDT/915 AM CDT/ * AT 850 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR GRAND RIDGE...OR 14 MILES EAST OF MARIANNA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SEMINOLE STATE PARK AND FAIRCHILD BY 1000 AM EDT... DESSER BY 1005 AM EDT... BETHANY...REYNOLDSVILLE AND HUTCHINSON LANDING BY 1010 AM EDT... HALES LANDING...7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HANOVER...8 MILES SOUTH OF CYRENE AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF BRINSON BY 1015 AM EDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT FRIDAY/1100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING/ FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3103 8467 3081 8457 3065 8506 3080 8513 TIME...MOT...LOC 1352Z 251DEG 38KT 3077 8498 $$ 38-GODSEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 9:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Early, Miller, Seminole | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 9:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 50 min |
| Mar 27, 10:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 30 min |
| Mar 27, 10:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Decatur, Grady, Miller, Mitchell | 56 min |
| Mar 27, 11:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Brooks, Colquitt, Dougherty, Grady, Mitchell and 2 more | 57 min |
| Mar 27, 11:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Mitchell, Worth | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 12:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lowndes | 57 min |
| Mar 27, 7:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 35 min |
| Mar 27, 7:30 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 60 min | |
| Mar 27, 7:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 35 min |
| Mar 27, 8:27 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 93 min | |
| Mar 27, 8:51 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 24 min |
| Mar 27, 8:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 9:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 9:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington | 37 min |
| Mar 27, 9:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 9:35 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 10:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 10:01 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 119 min | |
| Mar 27, 10:12 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gulf, Liberty | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 10:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gulf, Liberty, Wakulla | 60 min |
| Mar 27, 10:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 10:51 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Liberty, Wakulla | 39 min |
| Mar 27, 11:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 11:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Leon, Wakulla | 50 min |
| Mar 27, 11:32 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin, Wakulla | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 11:42 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Leon, Wakulla | 260 days |
| Mar 27, 11:42 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 108 min | |
| Mar 27, 12:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison, Taylor | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 1:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Madison, Taylor | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 1:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 85 min | |
| Mar 27, 2:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 82 min | |
| Mar 27, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 83 min | |
| Mar 27, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 88 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.