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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 28, 2011Decatur County, Seminole County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2011, 6:26 AM EDT for Decatur County, Seminole County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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 28, 2011, 6:26 AM EDT (10:26 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2011, 7:00 AM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Decatur County, GA, Seminole County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 67 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: 3101 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 607 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.9
Supercell composite: 13.8

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The text

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

773 
WFUS52 KTAE 281026
TORTAE
GAC087-253-281100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0032.110428T1026Z-110428T1100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
626 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  SOUTHERN SEMINOLE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 700 AM EDT

* AT 623 AM EDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE      
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR DRAKES STILL...MOVING EAST AT 35     
  MPH. DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED EARLIER AT THE MARIANNA AIRPORT!

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SEMINOLE STATE PARK...LAKE SEMINOLE...DESSER...JINKS...
  REYNOLDSVILLE...BETHANY...RECOVERY...FACEVILLE AND BAINBRIDGE

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3092 8456 3072 8459 3071 8460 3071 8487
      3074 8489 3075 8491 3082 8494 3084 8492
      3085 8494 3087 8493 3090 8495
TIME...MOT...LOC 1026Z 269DEG 30KT 3081 8491

$$

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1 follow-up statement

096 
WWUS52 KTAE 281043
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
643 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011

GAC087-253-281100-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-110428T1100Z/
DECATUR GA-SEMINOLE GA-
643 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
SEMINOLE AND SOUTHWESTERN DECATUR COUNTIES...

AT 640 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A DEVELOPING TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE 
SEMINOLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF 
PRODUCING DAMAGE IN JACKSON COUNTY!

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
REYNOLDSVILLE...BETHANY...RECOVERY...FACEVILLE AND BAINBRIDGE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

&&

LAT...LON 3092 8456 3072 8459 3071 8460 3071 8487
      3074 8489 3075 8491 3082 8494 3084 8492
      3085 8494 3087 8493 3090 8495
TIME...MOT...LOC 1043Z 267DEG 15KT 3075 8483

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 5:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Seminole	38 min
Apr 28, 5:51 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Seminole	39 min
Apr 28, 6:56 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Decatur	49 min
Apr 28, 7:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Colquitt, Thomas	39 min
Apr 28, 7:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Thomas	41 min
Apr 28, 7:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Colquitt, Thomas	47 min
Apr 28, 8:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, Turner, Worth	41 min
Apr 28, 9:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Lowndes	47 min
Apr 28, 9:22 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Lowndes	23 min
Apr 28, 9:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Lowndes	45 min
Apr 28, 10:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes	61 min
Apr 28, 10:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Cook, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas, Tift and 1 more	40 min
Apr 28, 10:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks	49 min
Apr 28, 11:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lanier, Lowndes	32 min
Apr 28, 3:42 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more	12 hr

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.