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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 28, 2009Ben Hill County, Irwin County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2009, 1:48 PM EDT for Ben Hill County, Irwin County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 min. 2 reports 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 28, 2009, 1:48 PM EDT (17:48 UTC)
Expired: Mar 28, 2009, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Ben Hill County, GA, Irwin County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 28, 1:59 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Fitzgerald, GA	2 TREES DOWN AND POWER LINES DOWN
Mar 28, 2:02 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Fitzgerald, GA	GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL ESTIMATED IN FITZGERALD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 174 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 281748
TORTAE
GAC017-155-281830-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0045.090328T1748Z-090328T1830Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BEN HILL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FITZGERALD...
  IRWIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OCILLA...

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT

* AT 144 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR MYSTIC...OR 6 MILES WEST OF OCILLA...MOVING
  EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  OCILLA BY 155 PM EDT... 
  8 MILES SOUTH OF FITZGERALD BY 200 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 3160 8305 3156 8305 3152 8308 3148 8336
      3150 8338 3154 8340 3156 8343 3168 8347
      3182 8313 3182 8309 3179 8307 3177 8299
      3166 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 1747Z 257DEG 38KT 3158 8331

$$

38-GODSEY

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Mar 28, 11:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 11:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1145 AM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009

...POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES REST OF
TODAY...

REAL BUSY SO JUST A BRIEF UPDATE...

JUST ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY FOR ALL COASTAL COUNTIES UNTIL
MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT WITH GREATEST CHANCE OF COASTAL FLOODING
MID-LATE AFTN AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE (SEE CFWTAE FOR MORE DETAILS).

OTHERWISE...SEVERE WX EVENT CONTINUES TODAY. INTENSE UPPER LOW
EXITING OK WILL BEGIN TO EVOLVE INTO OPEN WAVE AS IT EJECTS RAPIDLY
NEWD THRU TONIGHT INTO OH VALLEY. VIGOROUS SURFACE LOW IS POSITIONED
OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WITH ASSOCD WARM FRONT STRETCHING
EAST ACROSS THE SE STATES. ASSOCD COLD FRONT STRETCHING SOUTHWARD
FROM THIS LOW INTO GULF. AHEAD OF TROUGH...INCREASING SWLY WINDS
PROMOTING DEEP LYR SHEAR WITH SSWLY LL JET IN EXCESS OF 60 KT
SWEEPING AHEAD OF SYSTEM. LOCAL OBS SHOW THAT STRONGEST WINDS
BEGINNING TO MIX DOWN OVER CWA. APPROACHING UPPER SYSTEM WILL DRAG
STRENGTHENING COLD FRONT AND PRE-FRONTAL SQUALL ACROSS LOCAL AREA
THIS AFTN AND EVENING. ASSOCD MCS SYSTEM THAT EVOLVED IN LA LAST
NIGHT MOVING EWD ACROSS CWA YIELDING STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS AND
TORNADOES ACROSS OUR AREA. SMALLER-SCALE SUPERCELLS/BOW ECHOES SEEN
ON RADAR WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE OFF THE GULF AND/OR NEAR THE FRONT
AND IMPACT THE REGION WITH FURTHER SEVERE WX AS THEY RACE NEWD.

WILL UPDATE PERIODICALLY AS NECESSARY. PLEASE REFER TO LSR'S AND
SEVERE WX PRODUCTS FOR MORE DETAILS.

&&

.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     COFFEE...DALE...GENEVA...HENRY...HOUSTON.

GA...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     BAKER...CALHOUN...CLAY...DECATUR...DOUGHERTY...EARLY...
     GRADY...LEE...MILLER...MITCHELL...QUITMAN...RANDOLPH...
     SEMINOLE...TERRELL...THOMAS.

FL...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BAY...
     CALHOUN...COASTAL WALTON...FRANKLIN...GADSDEN...GULF...
     HOLMES...INLAND WALTON...JACKSON...JEFFERSON...LEON...
     LIBERTY...WAKULLA...WASHINGTON.

     HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 2 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: FRANKLIN.

     HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: BAY...COASTAL WALTON...GULF.

     COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY FOR ALL COASTAL COUNTIES UNTIL
     MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT.

GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO
     OCHLOCKONEE RIVER FL OUT TO 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...
     COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM...
     WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60
     NM...WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60
     NM.

&&

BLOCK

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 28, 4:53 AM EDT, 8 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
453 AM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-
GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-291000-
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-
453 AM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009 /353 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND THE EASTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY ALONG THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE
COAST...

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND
PANHANDLE COAST...

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HIGH WINDS AND SEAS...

A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE RED RIVER VALLEY WILL
PUSH A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE
POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG
BEND...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WILL AFFECT THE PANHANDLE AND
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA THIS MORNING BEFORE SHIFTING WEST INTO THE BIG
BEND AND GEORGIA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

PORTIONS OF THIS SAME AREA MAY RECEIVE 2 TO 4 ADDITIONAL INCHES OF
RAIN TODAY...LEADING TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING ALONG AREA
RIVERS AND STREAMS.

THE STRONG ONSHORE FLOW TODAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND WILL LEAD TO
HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS AT AREA BEACHES AND HAZARDOUS SEAS OVER
THE MARINE WATERS. TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

SURF AND SEAS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH ON SUNDAY...BUT THERE WILL
STILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES.

ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK...BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUEST FOR TODAY AS TORNADO OR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WATCHES ARE ISSUED.

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.

CAMP

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 28, 1:12 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
112 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009

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

0108 PM     HAIL             SYLVESTER               31.53N 83.84W
03/28/2009  E1.00 INCH       WORTH              GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL

&&

 BOLDEN

Local storm report, Mar 28, 1:20 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
120 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009

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

0115 PM     HAIL             1 E SYLVESTER           31.53N 83.82W
03/28/2009  E0.88 INCH       WORTH              GA   AMATEUR RADIO

            POLAND AND SUMNER 1 MILES EAST OF DOWNTOWN SYLVESTER
            NICKLE SIZE HAIL.

&&

 BOLDEN

Special weather statement, Mar 28, 1:22 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
122 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009

FLZ008-010>013-281800-
BAY-CALHOUN-COASTAL WALTON-JACKSON-WASHINGTON-
1222 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR BAY...CALHOUN...
JACKSON...WALTON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

AT 1218 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF UPPER GRAND LAGOON...OR 14
MILES NORTHWEST OF LYNN HAVEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

ALSO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH
MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

RELAY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT 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.

12-WATSON

Local storm report, Mar 28, 1:26 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
126 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009

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

0125 PM     FLASH FLOOD      ALBANY                  31.58N 84.18W
03/28/2009                   DOUGHERTY          GA   AMATEUR RADIO

            MARILYN AND 1ST STREET OVER THE ROADS

&&

 BOLDEN

Local storm report, Mar 28, 1:38 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
138 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009

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

0134 PM     FLASH FLOOD      DOWNTOWN DOTHAN         31.22N 85.39W
03/28/2009                   HOUSTON            AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING SEVERAL HOMES FLOODED
            MANY ROADS IMPASSIBLE

&&

 BOLDEN

Local storm report, Mar 28, 1:41 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
141 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009

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

0134 PM     HAIL             CHULA                   31.55N 83.55W
03/28/2009  E0.88 INCH       TIFT               GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PENNY AND NICKEL SIZED HAIL

&&

 BOLDEN

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, Calhoun, Early, Miller	16 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.