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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 18, 2012Berrien County, Lanier County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 18, 2012, 10:30 PM EST for Berrien County, Lanier County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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: Feb 18, 2012, 10:30 PM EST (03:30 UTC)
Expired: Feb 18, 2012, 11:00 PM EST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Berrien County, GA, Lanier County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 18, 10:33 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Nashville, GA	DOWNED TREES REPORTED AS CAUSE OF POWER OUTAGES.

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
Feb 18, 8:24 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 138 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: 566 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 257 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 378 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

706 
WFUS52 KTAE 190330
TORTAE
GAC019-173-190400-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0003.120219T0330Z-120219T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1030 PM EST SAT FEB 18 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BERRIEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHERN LANIER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 1100 PM EST

* AT 1027 PM EST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR NASHVILLE...OR NEAR COTTLE...MOVING
  EAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RAY
  CITY

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 3106 8328 3111 8333 3117 8331 3119 8334
      3127 8303 3119 8304 3119 8298 3118 8297
      3106 8296
TIME...MOT...LOC 0331Z 272DEG 37KT 3117 8324

$$

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1 follow-up statement

553 
WWUS52 KTAE 190339
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1039 PM EST SAT FEB 18 2012

GAC019-173-190400-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120219T0400Z/
LANIER GA-BERRIEN GA-
1039 PM EST SAT FEB 18 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FOR EAST
CENTRAL BERRIEN AND NORTHERN LANIER COUNTIES...

AT 1036 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TEETERVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
COURTHOUSE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3109 8317 3112 8321 3120 8326 3127 8303
      3119 8304 3119 8298 3118 8297 3106 8296
TIME...MOT...LOC 0339Z 272DEG 37KT 3116 8312

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 18, 7:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Early, Miller	51 min
Feb 18, 8:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Early, Miller	45 min
Feb 18, 8:34 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Seminole	41 min
Feb 18, 8:53 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Decatur, Early, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole	37 min
Feb 18, 9:10 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Dougherty, Lee, Mitchell, Worth	50 min
Feb 18, 9:11 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady	49 min
Feb 18, 9:12 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Early and 8 more	2 hr
Feb 18, 9:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Mitchell	38 min
Feb 18, 9:39 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Colquitt, Thomas	51 min
Feb 18, 9:44 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Dougherty, Grady and 7 more	2 hr
Feb 18, 9:50 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Seminole	40 min
Feb 18, 9:57 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Berrien, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth	48 min
Feb 18, 10:02 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes	43 min
Feb 18, 10:46 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Lanier	14 min
Feb 18, 11:47 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Decatur, Grady, Seminole, Thomas	118 min
Feb 19, 11:12 AM EST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Lee	27 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.