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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 31, 2009Colquitt County, Cook County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2009, 6:43 PM EDT for Colquitt County, Cook County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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 31, 2009, 6:43 PM EDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2009, 7:09 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Colquitt County, GA, Cook 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 31, 2:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 113 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2169 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 243 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 312243
TORTAE
GAC071-075-312330-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0053.090331T2243Z-090331T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
643 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOULTRIE...
  COOK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ADEL...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 639 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOULTRIE...MOVING EAST AT
  35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SPARKS BY 705 PM EDT...
  ADEL BY 710 PM EDT...

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS WITH THIS 
STORM ACROSS SOUTHERN COLQUITT COUNTY. 

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND
SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3104 8330 3104 8350 3105 8354 3107 8357
      3104 8357 3104 8382 3120 8380 3125 8337
      3124 8334 3119 8334 3116 8330 3110 8332
      3107 8328
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 266DEG 29KT 3113 8367

$$

38-GODSEY

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KTAE 312309
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
709 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2009

GAC071-075-312319-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-090331T2330Z/
COLQUITT GA-COOK GA-
709 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR COOK AND SOUTHEASTERN COLQUITT COUNTIES IS
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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT 
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTH FLORIDA AND 
SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3104 8330 3104 8350 3105 8354 3107 8357
      3104 8357 3104 8382 3120 8380 3125 8337
      3124 8334 3119 8334 3116 8330 3110 8332
      3107 8328
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 266DEG 29KT 3114 8343

$$

38-GODSEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 8:43 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	TAE	Clay	26 hr
Mar 31, 12:05 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	TAE	Lowndes	36 hr
Mar 31, 4:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Baker, Mitchell	39 min
Mar 31, 5:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Irwin	29 min
Mar 31, 5:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Miller and 3 more	117 min
Mar 31, 5:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Decatur, Early, Miller, Seminole	38 min
Mar 31, 5:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Mitchell	48 min
Mar 31, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Tift, Worth	46 min
Mar 31, 5:50 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Decatur, Seminole	25 min
Mar 31, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Tift, Worth	43 min
Mar 31, 6:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Cook, Tift	23 min
Mar 31, 6:44 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Thomas, Tift	46 min
Mar 31, 6:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady, Thomas	51 min
Mar 31, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Lowndes, Thomas	48 min
Mar 31, 7:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lanier, Lowndes	44 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.