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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2011, 6:56 AM EDT for Decatur County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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, 6:56 AM EDT (10:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2011, 7:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Decatur County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
899
WFUS52 KTAE 281056
TORTAE
GAC087-281145-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0033.110428T1056Z-110428T1145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
656 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 745 AM EDT
* AT 651 AM EDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR RECOVERY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FACEVILLE AND FOWLSTOWN
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES
IN JACKSON COUNTY FLORIDA. LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR SAFER
STRUCTURES. MOVE TO A HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AWAY
FROM WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE WALLS.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3090 8449 3070 8451 3071 8482 3079 8481
3080 8480 3080 8479 3082 8479 3084 8477
TIME...MOT...LOC 1055Z 266DEG 17KT 3077 8475
$$
38-GODSEY1 follow-up statement
262 WWUS52 KTAE 281120 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 720 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 GAC087-281145- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110428T1145Z/ DECATUR GA- 720 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM EDT FOR SOUTHERN DECATUR COUNTY... AT 714 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FACEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FOWLSTOWN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 3071 8469 3086 8466 3090 8449 3070 8451 TIME...MOT...LOC 1119Z 266DEG 17KT 3072 8462 $$ 38-GODSEY
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, 6:26 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 34 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 |
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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.