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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 26, 2011Quitman County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 2011, 6:25 PM EDT for Quitman County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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: Mar 26, 2011, 6:25 PM EDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired: Mar 26, 2011, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Quitman County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 26, 6:35 PM EDT	TORNADO	Georgetown, GA	EUFAULA POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN GEORGETOWN.

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
Mar 26, 1:15 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 736 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

360 
WFUS52 KTAE 262225
TORTAE
GAC239-262300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0010.110326T2225Z-110326T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
625 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  QUITMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 622 PM EDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR GEORGETOWN...OR NEAR EUFAULA...MOVING
  EAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  GEORGETOWN

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE WALLS.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF 
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

LAT...LON 3198 8495 3196 8496 3193 8491 3179 8492
      3182 8514 3186 8515 3190 8513 3190 8512
      3194 8509 3196 8509 3198 8506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 265DEG 37KT 3189 8515

$$

38-GODSEY

1 follow-up statement

615 
WWUS52 KTAE 262240
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
640 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011

GAC239-262300-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110326T2300Z/
QUITMAN GA-
640 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR QUITMAN
COUNTY...

AT 633 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GEORGETOWN...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HATCHER...CROSSROADS...MORRIS AND UNION

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. A TORNADO MAY 
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND. IF YOU ARE IN QUITMAN COUNTY...TAKE COVER 
IMMEDIATELY!

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING 
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3198 8495 3196 8496 3193 8491 3179 8492
      3182 8514 3186 8515 3190 8513 3190 8512
      3194 8509 3196 8509 3198 8506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 263DEG 25KT 3188 8505

$$

38-GODSEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 26, 12:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell and 1 more	43 min
Mar 26, 1:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell and 1 more	52 min
Mar 26, 2:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Grady, Thomas	40 min
Mar 26, 2:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Decatur, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas	41 min
Mar 26, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Seminole	64 min
Mar 26, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Thomas	42 min
Mar 26, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lowndes	41 min
Mar 26, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell	40 min
Mar 26, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Lowndes	47 min
Mar 26, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lee, Terrell, Turner, Worth	48 min
Mar 26, 5:48 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Lee, Terrell, Turner, Worth	27 min
Mar 26, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Quitman	28 min
Mar 26, 6:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Lee, Turner, Worth	29 min
Mar 26, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Quitman	43 min
Mar 26, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Randolph	39 min
Mar 26, 7:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Randolph, Terrell	50 min
Mar 26, 7:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Terrell	40 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.