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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 3, 2012Ben Hill County, Irwin County, Tift County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 2012, 9:13 AM EST for Ben Hill County, Irwin County, Tift County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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 3, 2012, 9:13 AM EST (14:13 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2012, 9:45 AM EST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Ben Hill County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Tift County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 3, 9:25 AM ESTTSTM WND DMG5 Ssw Ocilla, GAA FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG SPRUCE ROAD.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 3, 7:35 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 12:00Z on 2012-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 499 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2012-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 257 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
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

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The text

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

890 
WFUS52 KTAE 031413
TORTAE
GAC017-155-277-031445-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0020.120303T1413Z-120303T1445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
913 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BEN HILL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  IRWIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL TIFT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 945 AM EST

* AT 911 AM EST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OCILLA...OR NEAR
  HARDING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  PINETTA...HOLT...OSIERFIELD AND WRAY.

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 3166 8300 3164 8301 3160 8305 3154 8307
      3148 8337 3157 8342 3178 8299
TIME...MOT...LOC 1413Z 245DEG 38KT 3154 8335

$$

22-BARRY

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, 9:15 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Dougherty10 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, 9:54 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

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.