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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 9, 2011Clay County, Georgia; Henry County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 2011, 12:11 PM EST for Clay County, Georgia; Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 15 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 9, 2011, 12:11 PM EST (17:11 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2011, 12:26 PM EST
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Henry County, AL, Clay County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 9, 12:15 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Fort Gaines-Clay Airpor, GA	TREE ON HOUSE IN FORT GAINES. REPORTS OF TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT COUNTY.

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 9, 9:39 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 146 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: 611 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 348 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 471 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.

354 
WFUS52 KTAE 091711
TORTAE
ALC067-GAC061-091745-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0006.110309T1711Z-110309T1745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1211 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
  CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 1245 PM EST/1145 AM CST/

* AT 1107 AM CST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR FORT GAINES...OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF
  GEORGETOWN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORT
  GAINES-CLAY AIRPORT...PECAN...JONES CROSSING...BETHEL...ZETTO...
  BELLVILLE...HARRISONS MILL...BLUFFTON AND SUTTONS CORNER.

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 UNTIL 500 PM EST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON/400 PM CST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/ FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3167 8493 3164 8494 3162 8493 3162 8482
      3160 8483 3157 8481 3156 8479 3151 8482
      3150 8502 3152 8502 3151 8506 3152 8511
      3165 8514 3173 8497
TIME...MOT...LOC 1711Z 262DEG 42KT 3158 8505

$$

14-MROCZKA

1 follow-up statement

559 
WWUS52 KTAE 091726
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1226 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011

ALC067-GAC061-091736-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110309T1745Z/
HENRY AL-CLAY GA-
1226 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CLAY AND EAST CENTRAL HENRY COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON/400 PM CST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/ FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3167 8493 3164 8494 3162 8493 3162 8482
      3160 8483 3157 8481 3156 8479 3151 8482
      3150 8502 3152 8502 3151 8506 3152 8511
      3165 8514 3173 8497
TIME...MOT...LOC 1726Z 262DEG 42KT 3160 8485

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 9, 12:04 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Early, Quitman, Randolph	41 min
Mar 9, 12:43 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Lee, Randolph and 1 more	47 min
Mar 9, 1:17 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, Worth	43 min
Mar 9, 2:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Berrien, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth	45 min
Mar 9, 2:17 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Tift, Worth	28 min
Mar 9, 10:44 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee	31 min
Mar 9, 11:05 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale	25 min
Mar 9, 11:11 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Geneva	34 min
Mar 9, 11:18 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Dale	27 min
Mar 9, 11:37 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Geneva	38 min
Mar 9, 11:47 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Dale, Geneva, Houston	28 min
Mar 9, 11:48 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dale, Henry	42 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.