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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 26, 2011Randolph County, Terrell County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 2011, 7:10 PM EDT for Randolph County, Terrell County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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, 7:10 PM EDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired: Mar 26, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Randolph County, GA, Terrell County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 26, 7:22 PM EDT	TORNADO	Benevolence, GA	EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT/RANDOLPH SHERIFF DEPT. REPORT A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN THE CITY OF BENEVOLENCE. DAMAGE INCLUDES SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN...ONE MOBILE HOME DESTROYED...ONE MOBILE HOME SEVERELY DAMAGED...AND SEVERAL OUT BUILDINGS DESTROYED.

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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.

656 
WFUS52 KTAE 262310
TORTAE
GAC243-273-270000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0011.110326T2310Z-110327T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  NORTHWESTERN TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 707 PM EDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR SPRINGVALE...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF
  LUMPKIN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITE
  HOUSE...WADES...BENEVOLENCE...BROOKSVILLE AND CHAMBLISS

THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WHILE IN QUITMAN 
COUNTY. 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 3193 8479 3193 8453 3177 8453 3181 8489
      3193 8490 3193 8486 3193 8482 3194 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 268DEG 20KT 3185 8483

$$

38-GODSEY

1 follow-up statement

766 
WWUS52 KTAE 262329
SVSTAE

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

GAC243-273-270000-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110327T0000Z/
TERRELL GA-RANDOLPH GA-
729 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL RANDOLPH AND NORTHWESTERN TERRELL COUNTIES...

AT 724 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WADES...OR 15
MILES SOUTH OF LUMPKIN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
BENEVOLENCE...BROOKSVILLE AND CHAMBLISS

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3193 8479 3193 8453 3177 8453 3180 8479
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 268DEG 20KT 3185 8469

$$

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, 6:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Quitman	35 min
Mar 26, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Randolph	39 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.