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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 28, 20095 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2009, 12:05 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 25 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
Mar 28, 2009, 12:05 PM EDT (16:05 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2009, 12:30 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Dougherty County, GA, Lee County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:05 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 28, 10:20 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 2009-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 510 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 2009-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 355 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
510 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
491 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
355 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
372 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
8.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 281605
TORTAE
GAC095-177-205-287-321-281630-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0038.090328T1605Z-090328T1630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1205 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN TURNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ASHBURN...
  NORTHERN WORTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  EASTERN DOUGHERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT

* AT 1202 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF EAST ALBANY...OR NEAR PUTNEY...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ACREE...RED ROCK AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SYLVESTER A/P BY 1210 PM
  EDT...
  DOLES BY 1215 PM EDT...
  CUFFIETOWN AND DAVIS MILL BY 1220 PM EDT...
  DAKOTA AND OAK GROVE BY 1225 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 3184 8386 3182 8384 3181 8381 3181 8377
      3173 8356 3143 8409 3152 8416 3185 8390
TIME...MOT...LOC 1605Z 221DEG 66KT 3153 8406

$$

85-GIBBS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 8:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEClay, Early, Quitman, Randolph49 min
Mar 28, 8:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, Miller, Quitman and 1 more41 min
Mar 28, 9:06 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEClay, Quitman, Randolph24 min
Mar 28, 9:15 AM EDTTornado WarningTAERandolph, Terrell45 min
Mar 28, 9:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Lee, Mitchell and 2 more52 min
Mar 28, 9:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEEarly51 min
Mar 28, 10:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Early, Miller, Seminole50 min
Mar 28, 10:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Dougherty, Early, Lee and 6 more44 min
Mar 28, 10:23 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEBaker, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell and 1 more52 min
Mar 28, 10:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Miller, Mitchell50 min
Mar 28, 10:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEEarly, Seminole6 hr
Mar 28, 11:01 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Lee, Miller and 1 more44 min
Mar 28, 11:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDougherty, Tift, Turner, Worth41 min
Mar 28, 11:14 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAECalhoun, Clay, Early, Miller, Seminole2 hr
Mar 28, 11:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBen Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth39 min
Mar 28, 11:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Dougherty, Lee, Mitchell and 3 more45 min
Mar 28, 11:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Decatur, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole41 min
Mar 28, 11:56 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEBaker, Decatur, Miller, Mitchell34 min
Mar 28, 12:21 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBaker, Mitchell39 min
Mar 28, 12:24 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAELee10 days
Mar 28, 12:33 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBen Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth42 min
Mar 28, 12:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth41 min
Mar 28, 12:43 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEColquitt, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth47 min
Mar 28, 12:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBaker, Calhoun, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Lee and 6 more2 hr
Mar 28, 1:07 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEColquitt, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth38 min
Mar 28, 1:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEEarly, Miller46 min
Mar 28, 1:18 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Early, Miller16 min
Mar 28, 1:18 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBaker, Decatur, Early, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole42 min
Mar 28, 1:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAECalhoun, Clay, Decatur, Early, Miller, Seminole2 hr
Mar 28, 1:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBen Hill, Irwin42 min
Mar 28, 1:48 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBen Hill, Irwin42 min
Mar 28, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Seminole44 min
Mar 28, 2:15 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningTAEClay8 hr
Mar 28, 2:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEBen Hill, Irwin114 min
Mar 28, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Decatur, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole45 min
Mar 28, 2:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Early and 8 more119 min
Mar 28, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEColquitt, Tift, Worth47 min
Mar 28, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Mitchell43 min
Mar 28, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Decatur, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole48 min
Mar 28, 3:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEBaker, Brooks, Colquitt, Decatur, Grady, Miller and 4 more3 hr
Mar 28, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur42 min
Mar 28, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Grady, Mitchell43 min
Mar 28, 4:21 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningTAEBaker, Ben Hill, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt, Decatur and 12 more8 hr
Mar 28, 4:21 PM EDTFire Weather WatchTAEBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more38 hr
Mar 28, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEColquitt, Grady, Thomas51 min
Mar 28, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Colquitt, Thomas45 min
Mar 28, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Cook, Tift51 min
Mar 28, 5:33 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAEDecatur15 days
Mar 28, 5:33 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAEDougherty19 hr
Mar 28, 5:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEBerrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Lanier and 4 more116 min
Mar 28, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEColquitt, Grady, Thomas39 min
Mar 28, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Colquitt, Cook, Tift, Worth40 min
Mar 28, 6:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEColquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas, Tift, Worth90 min
Mar 28, 7:03 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningTAEBaker, Colquitt, Decatur, Grady, Miller, Mitchell and 2 more6 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.