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Tornado Warning 64, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2009, 12:43 AM EDT for Ben Hill County, Irwin County, Turner County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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
- Apr 11, 2009, 12:43 AM EDT (04:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2009, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Ben Hill County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Turner County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 11:11 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 793 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 339 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KTAE 110443
TORTAE
GAC017-155-287-110530-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0064.090411T0443Z-090411T0530Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1243 AM EDT SAT APR 11 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN BEN HILL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FITZGERALD...
NORTHWESTERN IRWIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHEASTERN TURNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 130 AM EDT
* AT 1241 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF FITZGERALD...OR NEAR
CORDELE...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
FITZGERALD BY 125 AM 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3182 8316 3165 8325 3180 8363 3181 8361
3185 8361 3186 8360 3186 8355 3185 8353
3184 8324 3185 8318
TIME...MOT...LOC 0442Z 289DEG 36KT 3190 8370
$$
85-GIBBSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 11:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Randolph, Terrell | 46 min |
| Apr 11, 12:26 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lee, Terrell | 49 min |
| Apr 11, 12:51 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lee, Turner, Worth | 39 min |
| Apr 11, 1:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Turner, Worth | 35 min |
| Apr 11, 1:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin, Turner | 45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.