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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2009, 1:18 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 16 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, 1:18 PM EDT (17:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2009, 1:34 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baker County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Early County, GA, Miller 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 10:20 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTAE 281718 TORTAE GAC007-037-099-201-281800- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0043.090328T1718Z-090328T1800Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 118 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BAKER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... WESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MORGAN... EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLAKELY... NORTHWESTERN MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 200 PM EDT * AT 114 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH OF BLAKELY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BLAKELY BY 125 PM EDT... ARLINGTON BY 140 PM EDT... MORGAN BY 155 PM 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 600 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3163 8465 3139 8447 3116 8501 3128 8510 TIME...MOT...LOC 1718Z 231DEG 42KT 3127 8496 $$ 38-GODSEY
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KTAE 281734 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 134 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009 GAC007-037-099-201-281744- /O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ MILLER GA-BAKER GA-EARLY GA-CALHOUN GA- 134 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN CALHOUN...EARLY...NORTHWESTERN BAKER AND NORTHWESTERN MILLER COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA IS CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3163 8465 3139 8447 3116 8501 3128 8510 TIME...MOT...LOC 1734Z 231DEG 42KT 3139 8479 $$ 38-GODSEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 8:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Clay, Early, Quitman, Randolph | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 8:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, Miller, Quitman and 1 more | 41 min |
| Mar 28, 9:06 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Clay, Quitman, Randolph | 24 min |
| Mar 28, 9:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Randolph, Terrell | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 9:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Lee, Mitchell and 2 more | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 9:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Early | 51 min |
| Mar 28, 10:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Early, Miller, Seminole | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 10:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Dougherty, Early, Lee and 6 more | 44 min |
| Mar 28, 10:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell and 1 more | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 10:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Miller, Mitchell | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 10:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Early, Seminole | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 11:01 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Lee, Miller and 1 more | 44 min |
| Mar 28, 11:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Tift, Turner, Worth | 41 min |
| Mar 28, 11:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Early, Miller, Seminole | 2 hr |
| Mar 28, 11:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 11:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Dougherty, Lee, Mitchell and 3 more | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 11:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Decatur, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole | 41 min |
| Mar 28, 11:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Decatur, Miller, Mitchell | 34 min |
| Mar 28, 12:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Lee, Mitchell, Turner, Worth | 25 min |
| Mar 28, 12:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Mitchell | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 12:24 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Lee | 10 days |
| Mar 28, 12:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 12:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth | 41 min |
| Mar 28, 12:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth | 47 min |
| Mar 28, 12:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Lee and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 28, 1:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Early, Miller | 46 min |
| Mar 28, 1:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Decatur, Early, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 1:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Decatur, Early, Miller, Seminole | 2 hr |
| Mar 28, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 1:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 44 min |
| Mar 28, 2:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Clay | 8 hr |
| Mar 28, 2:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin | 114 min |
| Mar 28, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Decatur, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 2:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Early and 8 more | 119 min |
| Mar 28, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Tift, Worth | 47 min |
| Mar 28, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Mitchell | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Decatur, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 3:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Baker, Brooks, Colquitt, Decatur, Grady, Miller and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady, Mitchell | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 4:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt, Decatur and 12 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 28, 4:21 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 38 hr |
| Mar 28, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Grady, Thomas | 51 min |
| Mar 28, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Colquitt, Thomas | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Cook, Tift | 51 min |
| Mar 28, 5:33 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Decatur | 15 days |
| Mar 28, 5:33 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Dougherty | 19 hr |
| Mar 28, 5:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Lanier and 4 more | 116 min |
| Mar 28, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Grady, Thomas | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Tift, Worth | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 6:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas, Tift, Worth | 90 min |
| Mar 28, 7:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Baker, Colquitt, Decatur, Grady, Miller, Mitchell and 2 more | 6 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.