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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 19, 2009Lanier County, Lowndes County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 19, 2009, 1:49 AM EST for Lanier County, Lowndes County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report 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: Feb 19, 2009, 1:49 AM EST (06:49 UTC)
Expired: Feb 19, 2009, 2:30 AM EST
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 19, 2:15 AM EST	TORNADO	Valdosta, GA	TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON VALDELL ROAD OFF OF HWY 41 IN VALDOSTA.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 18, 10:14 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 112 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: 177 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 515 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 371 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 426 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 2.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 190649
TORTAE
GAC173-185-190730-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0007.090219T0649Z-090219T0730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
149 AM EST THU FEB 19 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN LANIER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VALDOSTA...

* UNTIL 230 AM EST

* AT 146 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST VALDOSTA...OR 8 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF QUITMAN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES NORTH OF WEST VALDOSTA BY 155 AM EST...
  VALDOSTA BY 200 AM EST...
  MOODY AFB BY 205 AM EST...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 
MPH. 

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 500 AM EST
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTH FLORIDA AND
SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3084 8308 3080 8309 3078 8313 3077 8345
      3081 8344 3084 8335 3087 8335 3088 8337
      3089 8342 3090 8343 3097 8343 3106 8309
      3086 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 0649Z 260DEG 45KT 3089 8344

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 18, 11:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Seminole	45 min
Feb 18, 11:50 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Seminole	25 min
Feb 19, 12:22 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Decatur	23 min
Feb 19, 12:31 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Decatur, Grady, Thomas	44 min
Feb 19, 12:40 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Grady	35 min
Feb 19, 12:56 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Grady, Thomas	49 min
Feb 19, 1:20 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Brooks	40 min
Feb 19, 2:07 AM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more	16 hr
Feb 19, 2:19 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Lanier, Lowndes	26 min
Feb 19, 9:08 AM EST	Red Flag Warning	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more	34 hr
Feb 19, 2:49 PM EST	Fire Weather Watch	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more	38 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.