Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 65, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2009, 12:51 AM EDT for Lee County, Turner County, Worth County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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, 12:51 AM EDT (04:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2009, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lee County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:52 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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 110451
TORTAE
GAC177-287-321-110530-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0065.090411T0451Z-090411T0530Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1251 AM EDT SAT APR 11 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN TURNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHERN WORTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
EAST CENTRAL LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 130 AM EDT
* AT 1246 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF PHILEMA...OR 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LEESBURG...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PHILEMA BY 105 AM EDT...
OAKFIELD AND WARWICK BY 110 AM EDT...
DAVIS MILL BY 115 AM EDT...
DOLES BY 120 AM EDT...
CUFFIETOWN BY 125 AM EDT...
OAK GROVE...HARMONY...WORTH AND 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DAKOTA BY 130
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 3185 8390 3184 8386 3182 8384 3181 8365
3159 8374 3169 8407 3186 8401
TIME...MOT...LOC 0451Z 287DEG 35KT 3182 8417
$$
85-GIBBS1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KTAE 110518
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
118 AM EDT SAT APR 11 2009
GAC177-110527-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0065.000000T0000Z-090411T0530Z/
LEE GA-
117 AM EDT SAT APR 11 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3181 8381 3181 8365 3162 8373 3170 8401
3172 8400 3176 8398 3180 8398 3185 8394
3184 8386 3182 8384 3182 8383
TIME...MOT...LOC 0517Z 287DEG 35KT 3175 8389
$$
GAC287-321-110530-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0065.000000T0000Z-090411T0530Z/
TURNER GA-WORTH GA-
117 AM EDT SAT APR 11 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN WORTH AND WESTERN TURNER COUNTIES...
AT 115 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DAVIS MILL...OR 15
MILES WEST OF ASHBURN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM HAS
HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGE.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CUFFIETOWN BY 125 AM EDT...
OAK GROVE...HARMONY...DAKOTA AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF SIBLEY BY 130 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 3181 8381 3181 8365 3162 8373 3170 8401
3172 8400 3176 8398 3180 8398 3185 8394
3184 8386 3182 8384 3182 8383
TIME...MOT...LOC 0517Z 287DEG 35KT 3175 8389
$$
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, 12:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin, Turner | 47 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.