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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 2012, 8:29 AM EST for Decatur County, Grady County, Mitchell County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 min. 6 reports 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 3, 2012, 8:29 AM EST (13:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2012, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Decatur County, GA, Grady County, GA, Mitchell County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:30 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 8:30 AM EST | TORNADO | 2 Ssw Vada, GA | AN NWS SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR VADA ROAD AND MOVED NORTHEASTWARD AROUND 3.37 MILES WITH INTERMITTENT DAMAGE BEFORE LIFTING NEAR 31.07N AND 84.38W AT AROUND 835 AM. THE MAX WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AROUND 80 MPH WITH A WIDTH AROUND 25 YARD |
| Mar 3, 8:36 AM EST | FUNNEL CLOUD | Vada, GA | FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED BY PUBLIC. |
| Mar 3, 8:36 AM EST | TORNADO | 1 Ssw Vada, GA | 4635 VADA RD. METAL FRAME HOME, CAMPER, AND MULTIPLE SHEDS DESTROYED. VEHICLE AND IRRIGATION PIVOTS OVERTURNED. |
| Mar 3, 8:36 AM EST | TORNADO | Vada, GA | POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE CONFIRMED. |
| Mar 3, 8:40 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 E Vada, GA | MULTIPLE REPORTS OF TREES DOWN FOR BIG SLOUGH RD, VADA RD 4600 BLOCK, NEW HOME CHURCH RD, COUNTY LINE RD, AND RED BUD RD. |
| Mar 3, 8:55 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Pelham, GA | TREES REPORTED DOWN AT 2100 SPENCE RD. |
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 3, 7:35 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 499 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 472 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
290 WFUS52 KTAE 031329 TORTAE GAC087-131-205-031400- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0019.120303T1329Z-120303T1400Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 829 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... NORTHWESTERN GRADY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... SOUTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 900 AM EST * AT 826 AM EST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR MOUNT PLEASANT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VADA...HARRELLS STILL AND SPENCE 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 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 3118 8416 3100 8414 3100 8446 3109 8447 TIME...MOT...LOC 1329Z 261DEG 30KT 3105 8444 $$ BARRY
1 follow-up statement
771
WWUS52 KTAE 031347
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
847 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
GAC087-031355-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120303T1400Z/
DECATUR GA-
847 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3118 8416 3100 8414 3100 8437 3108 8438
3108 8447 3109 8447
TIME...MOT...LOC 1345Z 261DEG 30KT 3107 8429
$$
GAC131-205-031400-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120303T1400Z/
MITCHELL GA-GRADY GA-
847 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN GRADY AND SOUTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTIES...
AT 839 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
TOUCH DOWN IN NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTY WITH DAMAGE. THE TORNADO HAS
SINCE MOVED OUT OF DECATUR COUNTY BUT THE WARNING CONTINUES FOR
GRADY AND MITCHELL COUNTIES UNTIL 9 AM EST. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR HARRELLS STILL...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SPENCE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3118 8416 3100 8414 3100 8437 3108 8438
3108 8447 3109 8447
TIME...MOT...LOC 1345Z 261DEG 30KT 3107 8429
$$
22-BARRYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 8:27 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun, Early | 48 min |
| Mar 2, 9:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 9:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Early | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 9:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty | 10 min |
| Mar 2, 10:52 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dougherty | 38 min |
| Mar 2, 11:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lee | 49 min |
| Mar 3, 12:24 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Miller | 36 min |
| Mar 3, 12:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Baker, Dougherty | 47 min |
| Mar 3, 3:40 AM EST | Flood Watch | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook and 13 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:51 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 18 hr |
| Mar 3, 7:18 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Miller, Mitchell | 42 min |
| Mar 3, 7:42 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth | 33 min |
| Mar 3, 8:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Early, Miller, Mitchell | 40 min |
| Mar 3, 9:13 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift | 32 min |
| Mar 3, 9:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Grady, Thomas | 36 min |
| Mar 3, 9:57 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur | 48 min |
| Mar 3, 10:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Brooks, Thomas | 24 min |
| Mar 3, 10:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady, Thomas | 32 min |
| Mar 3, 10:59 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lowndes | 31 min |
| Mar 3, 11:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady, Thomas | 32 min |
| Mar 3, 11:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Grady, Thomas | 32 min |
| Mar 3, 11:31 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes | 29 min |
| Mar 3, 11:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Grady, Thomas | 27 min |
| Mar 3, 12:04 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Brooks, Colquitt, Decatur, Grady, Seminole, Thomas | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 12:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Brooks | 29 min |
| Mar 3, 12:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lowndes | 37 min |
| Mar 3, 12:34 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Baker, Decatur, Early, Miller, Seminole | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 12:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes | 30 min |
| Mar 3, 12:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Berrien, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes | 37 min |
| Mar 3, 1:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes, Thomas | 62 min |
| Mar 3, 1:29 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 1:34 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Decatur, Grady, Lanier and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes, Thomas | 47 min |
| Mar 3, 3:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes | 62 min |
| Mar 3, 4:11 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Lowndes | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:29 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes | 83 min |
| Mar 3, 5:38 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Colquitt and 16 more | 10 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.