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Tornado Warning 71, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2009, 12:39 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 51 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 13, 2009, 12:39 PM EDT (16:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2009, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Berrien County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Tift County, GA, Worth 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 10:12 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 391 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 472 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTAE 131639 TORTAE GAC019-071-075-277-321-131730- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0071.090413T1639Z-090413T1730Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1239 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL BERRIEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... NORTHEASTERN COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL COOK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... TIFT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TIFTON... SOUTHEASTERN WORTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... * UNTIL 130 PM EDT * AT 1235 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 14 MILES WEST OF OMEGA...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF MOULTRIE...MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... OMEGA AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF TY TY BY 1255 PM EDT... UNIONVILLE...PHILLIPSBURG AND TIFTON BY 105 PM 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 500 PM EDT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3158 8352 3133 8329 3125 8383 3138 8390 TIME...MOT...LOC 1639Z 254DEG 34KT 3132 8379 $$ 85-GIBBS
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KTAE 131709
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
109 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009
GAC019-071-075-321-131719-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-090413T1730Z/
COLQUITT GA-COOK GA-BERRIEN GA-WORTH GA-
109 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WORTH...WEST CENTRAL
BERRIEN...EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL COOK AND NORTHEASTERN COLQUITT
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3142 8340 3141 8341 3140 8344 3139 8346
3138 8350 3136 8361 3152 8363 3158 8352
TIME...MOT...LOC 1709Z 254DEG 34KT 3140 8347
$$
GAC277-131730-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-090413T1730Z/
TIFT GA-
109 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM EDT FOR TIFT
COUNTY...
AT 104 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TIFT A/P...OR NEAR
TIFTON...MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL EASTERN TIFT COUNTY AT 120 PM 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 500 PM EDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3142 8340 3141 8341 3140 8344 3139 8346
3138 8350 3136 8361 3152 8363 3158 8352
TIME...MOT...LOC 1709Z 254DEG 34KT 3140 8347
$$
85-GIBBSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 9:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Early, Randolph, Terrell | 46 min |
| Apr 13, 9:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Decatur, Early, Miller, Seminole | 37 min |
| Apr 13, 10:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Early, Miller, Mitchell | 49 min |
| Apr 13, 10:50 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Grady, Thomas | 4 days |
| Apr 13, 11:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Colquitt, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth | 51 min |
| Apr 13, 11:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Lowndes | 7 days |
| Apr 13, 11:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Decatur, Dougherty, Early and 8 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 13, 11:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth | 47 min |
| Apr 13, 12:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner | 49 min |
| Apr 13, 12:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 37 min |
| Apr 13, 1:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner | 39 min |
| Apr 13, 1:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Decatur, Grady, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole | 38 min |
| Apr 13, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas | 44 min |
| Apr 13, 2:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Mitchell, Thomas, Tift and 1 more | 48 min |
| Apr 13, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 38 min |
| Apr 13, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady | 41 min |
| Apr 13, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Grady, Thomas | 38 min |
| Apr 13, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Thomas | 38 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.