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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 2011, 5:00 PM EST for Lee County, Turner County, Worth County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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
- Nov 16, 2011, 5:00 PM EST (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2011, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lee County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 1:35 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 546 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 486 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
102
WFUS52 KTAE 162200
TORTAE
GAC177-287-321-162230-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0048.111116T2200Z-111116T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
500 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL TURNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN WORTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 530 PM EST
* AT 456 PM EST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR PHILEMA...OR NEAR STOCKS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
OAKFIELD...DOLES AND HOBBY
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 3181 8381 3181 8373 3166 8371 3164 8377
3161 8400 3163 8401 3165 8399 3165 8402
3163 8405 3173 8413 3184 8386
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 242DEG 44KT 3170 8398
$$
42-DVD1 follow-up statement
427
WWUS52 KTAE 162208
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
508 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011
GAC177-162218-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-111116T2230Z/
LEE GA-
508 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3181 8381 3181 8373 3166 8371 3164 8377
3161 8400 3163 8401 3165 8399 3165 8402
3167 8401 3172 8403 3177 8399 3179 8399
3184 8386
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 247DEG 36KT 3171 8392
$$
GAC287-321-162230-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-111116T2230Z/
TURNER GA-WORTH GA-
508 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN WORTH AND WEST CENTRAL TURNER COUNTIES...
AT 505 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DOLES...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOBBY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3181 8381 3181 8373 3166 8371 3164 8377
3161 8400 3163 8401 3165 8399 3165 8402
3167 8401 3172 8403 3177 8399 3179 8399
3184 8386
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 247DEG 36KT 3171 8392
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 9:27 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Grady, Lanier and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Nov 16, 3:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early, Miller, Seminole | 26 min |
| Nov 16, 4:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Lee | 23 min |
| Nov 16, 4:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker | 14 min |
| Nov 16, 4:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lee, Worth | 35 min |
| Nov 16, 5:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Turner | 35 min |
| Nov 16, 5:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Decatur, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas | 39 min |
| Nov 16, 6:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Colquitt, Grady, Thomas | 26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.