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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 5, 2011Berrien County, Lanier County, Lowndes County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2011, 4:05 AM EDT for Berrien County, Lanier County, Lowndes County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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
Apr 5, 2011, 4:05 AM EDT (08:05 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2011, 4:30 AM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Berrien County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 5, 4:20 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGLakeland, GAREPORT OF TREES DOWN. ONE TREE ON A MOBILE HOME.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 5, 2:41 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 130 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2011-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1916 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2011-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1916 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
521 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
9.6

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The text

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

756 
WFUS52 KTAE 050805
TORTAE
GAC019-173-185-050830-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0025.110405T0805Z-110405T0830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
405 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL BERRIEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  LANIER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHEASTERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 430 AM EDT

* AT 402 AM EDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOODY AFB...OR 26
  MILES NORTHWEST OF STATENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RAY
  CITY AND LAKELAND

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR SAFER STRUCTURES.
MOVE TO A HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND
OUTSIDE WALLS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 3086 8332 3111 8327 3113 8297 3112 8296
      3090 8296
TIME...MOT...LOC 0805Z 266DEG 40KT 3101 8324

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 12:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEClay, Quitman, Randolph47 min
Apr 5, 12:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEClay, Randolph, Terrell49 min
Apr 5, 12:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Clay, Early, Randolph, Terrell31 min
Apr 5, 1:08 AM EDTTornado WarningTAELee, Randolph, Terrell52 min
Apr 5, 1:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Lee and 4 more32 min
Apr 5, 1:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Seminole47 min
Apr 5, 1:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDougherty, Lee, Terrell, Turner, Worth44 min
Apr 5, 1:49 AM EDTTornado WarningTAELee, Turner, Worth41 min
Apr 5, 1:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Decatur, Dougherty, Grady, Lee and 5 more32 min
Apr 5, 2:17 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEBaker, Colquitt, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth43 min
Apr 5, 2:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBen Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Dougherty, Irwin and 4 more52 min
Apr 5, 2:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Grady, Seminole47 min
Apr 5, 2:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Colquitt, Cook, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas45 min
Apr 5, 2:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGrady, Thomas46 min
Apr 5, 3:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBen Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin and 4 more39 min
Apr 5, 3:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes and 1 more47 min
Apr 5, 3:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Cook, Irwin, Lanier33 min
Apr 5, 4:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes49 min
Apr 5, 3:40 PM EDTRed Flag WarningTAEBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more28 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.