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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 2, 2012Baker County, Calhoun County, Dougherty County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 9:15 PM EST for Baker County, Calhoun County, Dougherty County, Georgia. It was in force for 10 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 2, 2012, 9:15 PM EST (02:15 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2012, 9:25 PM EST
In force
10 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Baker County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Dougherty County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 119 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2012-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 585 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2012-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
585 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
549 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

319 
WFUS52 KTAE 030215
TORTAE
GAC007-037-095-030245-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0016.120303T0215Z-120303T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
915 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BAKER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN DOUGHERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 945 PM EST

* AT 912 PM EST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEARY...OR NEAR
  NICHOLASVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO IVEYS
  MILL...WILLIAMSBURG...BERMUDA AND HOLT.

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 3157 8446 3141 8437 3140 8436 3139 8464
      3143 8464 3143 8467
TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 247DEG 23KT 3143 8462

$$

18-WOOL
1 follow-up statement
954 
WWUS52 KTAE 030225
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
925 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

GAC007-037-095-030235-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120303T0245Z/
BAKER GA-CALHOUN GA-DOUGHERTY GA-
925 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DOUGHERTY...SOUTHEASTERN
CALHOUN AND NORTHWESTERN BAKER COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3157 8446 3141 8437 3140 8436 3139 8464
      3143 8464 3143 8467
TIME...MOT...LOC 0225Z 247DEG 23KT 3145 8455

$$

18-WOOL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 8:27 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun, Early48 min
Mar 2, 9:02 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEEarly28 min
Mar 2, 9:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Early27 min
Mar 2, 10:52 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDougherty38 min
Mar 2, 11:26 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAELee49 min
Mar 3, 12:24 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Miller36 min
Mar 3, 12:43 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBaker, Dougherty47 min
Mar 3, 3:40 AM ESTFlood WatchTAEBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook and 13 more14 hr
Mar 3, 3:51 AM ESTFire Weather WatchTAEBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more18 hr
Mar 3, 7:18 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEBaker, Miller, Mitchell42 min
Mar 3, 7:42 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEDougherty, Mitchell, Worth33 min
Mar 3, 8:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Early, Miller, Mitchell40 min
Mar 3, 8:29 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEDecatur, Grady, Mitchell31 min
Mar 3, 9:13 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEBen Hill, Irwin, Tift32 min
Mar 3, 9:54 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGrady, Thomas36 min
Mar 3, 9:57 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEDecatur48 min
Mar 3, 10:36 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEBrooks, Thomas24 min
Mar 3, 10:43 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEDecatur, Grady, Thomas32 min
Mar 3, 10:59 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEBrooks, Lowndes31 min
Mar 3, 11:13 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Grady, Thomas32 min
Mar 3, 11:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGrady, Thomas32 min
Mar 3, 11:31 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEBerrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes29 min
Mar 3, 11:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGrady, Thomas27 min
Mar 3, 12:04 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBrooks, Colquitt, Decatur, Grady, Seminole, Thomas3 hr
Mar 3, 12:16 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBrooks29 min
Mar 3, 12:23 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEBrooks, Lowndes37 min
Mar 3, 12:34 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningTAEBaker, Decatur, Early, Miller, Seminole3 hr
Mar 3, 12:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes30 min
Mar 3, 12:53 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEBerrien, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes37 min
Mar 3, 1:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes, Thomas62 min
Mar 3, 1:29 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningTAEDecatur, Seminole3 hr
Mar 3, 1:34 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningTAEBerrien, Brooks, Cook, Decatur, Grady, Lanier and 2 more3 hr
Mar 3, 2:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Lanier, Lowndes, Thomas47 min
Mar 3, 3:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Lanier, Lowndes62 min
Mar 3, 4:11 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAELowndes3 hr
Mar 3, 4:29 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningTAEBerrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes83 min
Mar 3, 5:38 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningTAEBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Colquitt and 16 more10 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.