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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 26, 2011Lee County, Turner County, Worth County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 2011, 6:16 PM EDT for Lee County, Turner County, Worth County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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: Mar 26, 2011, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired: Mar 26, 2011, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lee County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

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 26, 1:15 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 164 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: 379 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

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

875 
WFUS52 KTAE 262216
TORTAE
GAC177-287-321-262245-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0009.110326T2216Z-110326T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
616 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN TURNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHWESTERN WORTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 611 PM EDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR PHILEMA...OR 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  CORDELE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WARWICK...SIBLEY AND DAKOTA

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 3186 8392 3186 8391 3185 8391 3184 8386
      3181 8381 3181 8369 3177 8368 3173 8404
      3185 8409 3192 8392
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 251DEG 30KT 3182 8399

$$

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1 follow-up statement

761 
WWUS52 KTAE 262236
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
636 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011

GAC177-262244-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110326T2245Z/
LEE GA-
636 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3181 8378 3177 8378 3175 8391 3186 8393
      3186 8392 3185 8392 3185 8391 3184 8386
      3181 8381
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 251DEG 30KT 3186 8383

$$

GAC287-321-262245-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110326T2245Z/
TURNER GA-WORTH GA-
636 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL WORTH AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN TURNER COUNTIES...

AT 628 PM EDT...THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGE AND IS 
CURRENTLY AROUND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CORDELE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3181 8378 3177 8378 3175 8391 3186 8393
      3186 8392 3185 8392 3185 8391 3184 8386
      3181 8381
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 251DEG 30KT 3186 8383

$$
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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 26, 12:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell and 1 more	43 min
Mar 26, 1:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell and 1 more	52 min
Mar 26, 2:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Grady, Thomas	40 min
Mar 26, 2:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Decatur, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas	41 min
Mar 26, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Seminole	64 min
Mar 26, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Thomas	42 min
Mar 26, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lowndes	41 min
Mar 26, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell	40 min
Mar 26, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Lowndes	47 min
Mar 26, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lee, Terrell, Turner, Worth	48 min
Mar 26, 5:48 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Lee, Terrell, Turner, Worth	27 min
Mar 26, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Quitman	28 min
Mar 26, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Quitman	43 min
Mar 26, 6:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Quitman	35 min
Mar 26, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Randolph	39 min
Mar 26, 7:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Randolph, Terrell	50 min
Mar 26, 7:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Terrell	40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.