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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2009, 6:17 PM EST for Gadsden County, Florida; Decatur County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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
- Feb 28, 2009, 6:17 PM EST (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2009, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Gadsden County, FL, Decatur County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 11:39 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTAE 282317 TORTAE FLC039-GAC087-282345- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0009.090228T2317Z-090228T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 617 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN GADSDEN COUNTY IN FLORIDA... SOUTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 645 PM EST * AT 613 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR OAK GROVE...OR 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BAINBRIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MT PLEASANT BY 625 PM EST... HANNATOWN BY 630 PM EST... FACEVILLE BY 635 PM EST... DOGTOWN...LAINGKAT...BRANCHVILLE AND ATTAPULGUS BY 645 PM EST... 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 700 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3082 8448 3065 8446 3063 8480 3071 8481 TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 265DEG 25KT 3067 8476 $$ 14-MROCZKA
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KTAE 282328
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
628 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009
FLC039-GAC087-282345-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090228T2345Z/
GADSDEN FL-DECATUR GA-
628 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL DECATUR AND NORTH CENTRAL GADSDEN COUNTIES...
AT 625 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OAK GROVE...OR 17
MILES SOUTHWEST OF BAINBRIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DOGTOWN...LAINGKAT AND ATTAPULGUS BY 645 PM EST...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3066 8462 3065 8473 3070 8475 3082 8448
3068 8446
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 261DEG 24KT 3069 8469
$$
38-GODSEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 4:40 AM EST | Gale Watch | TAE | 11 hr | |
| Feb 28, 1:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes | 42 min |
| Feb 28, 2:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 49 min |
| Feb 28, 3:11 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Washington | 41 min |
| Feb 28, 3:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson, Washington | 50 min |
| Feb 28, 4:02 PM EST | Gale Warning | TAE | 27 hr | |
| Feb 28, 4:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 64 min |
| Feb 28, 5:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 63 min |
| Feb 28, 5:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 43 min |
| Feb 28, 11:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Randolph, Terrell | 32 min |
| Feb 28, 1:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Early, Miller | 49 min |
| Feb 28, 2:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Miller, Mitchell and 1 more | 34 min |
| Feb 28, 2:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Turner | 45 min |
| Feb 28, 3:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Irwin, Tift | 42 min |
| Feb 28, 3:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Cook, Tift, Worth | 50 min |
| Feb 28, 3:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady | 45 min |
| Feb 28, 3:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Irwin | 28 min |
| Feb 28, 3:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas | 48 min |
| Feb 28, 3:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Tift | 45 min |
| Feb 28, 4:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Thomas | 38 min |
| Feb 28, 4:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lowndes | 46 min |
| Feb 28, 4:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier | 20 min |
| Feb 28, 5:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Thomas | 45 min |
| Feb 28, 6:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes | 51 min |
| Feb 28, 6:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes | 35 min |
| Feb 28, 6:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Lee, Terrell | 57 min |
Nearby
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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.