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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2012, 12:57 PM EST for Colquitt County, Mitchell County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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 24, 2012, 12:57 PM EST (17:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2012, 1:30 PM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Colquitt County, GA, Mitchell County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 12:58 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Camilla, GA | TREES AND TELEPHONE LINES DOWN IN CAMILLA. |
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 24, 12:04 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 1115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 529 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
423
WFUS52 KTAE 241757
TORTAE
GAC071-205-241830-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0004.120224T1757Z-120224T1830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1257 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 130 PM EST
* AT 1254 PM EST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR CAMILLA...OR NEAR MITCHELL CO A/P...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
COTTON...HINSONTON...LANEY...SALE CITY...HARTSFIELD...POPLAR ARBOR
CHURCH...BAY AND TICKNOR.
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 3134 8400 3133 8400 3133 8392 3118 8391
3109 8431 3122 8434
TIME...MOT...LOC 1757Z 245DEG 45KT 3120 8419
$$
42-DVD2 follow-up statements
214
WWUS52 KTAE 241805
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
105 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
GAC071-205-241830-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120224T1830Z/
MITCHELL GA-COLQUITT GA-
105 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN COLQUITT AND EAST CENTRAL MITCHELL COUNTIES...
AT 103 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LANEY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HINSONTON...SALE CITY...HARTSFIELD...POPLAR ARBOR CHURCH...BAY AND
TICKNOR
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3113 8415 3124 8419 3134 8400 3133 8400
3133 8392 3118 8391
TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 245DEG 45KT 3123 8408
$$
42-DVD807 WWUS52 KTAE 241819 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 119 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 GAC205-241829- /O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120224T1830Z/ MITCHELL GA- 119 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MITCHELL COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3133 8392 3118 8391 3116 8400 3133 8400 TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 252DEG 31KT 3124 8392 $$ GAC071-241830- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120224T1830Z/ COLQUITT GA- 119 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM EST FOR NORTHWESTERN COLQUITT COUNTY... AT 117 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HARTSFIELD... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TICKNOR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. && LAT...LON 3133 8392 3118 8391 3116 8400 3133 8400 TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 252DEG 31KT 3124 8392 $$ 42-DVD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 5:59 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 24, 11:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Early, Miller, Seminole | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 12:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Decatur, Grady, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole | 38 min |
| Feb 24, 12:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Decatur, Grady, Mitchell | 34 min |
| Feb 24, 1:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Cook, Mitchell, Tift, Worth | 49 min |
| Feb 24, 1:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Cook | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 1:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Mitchell | 50 min |
| Feb 24, 1:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Tift | 17 min |
| Feb 24, 1:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 2:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Cook, Tift, Worth | 28 min |
| Feb 24, 2:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Thomas | 29 min |
| Feb 24, 2:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Tift | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 3:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lanier, Lowndes | 26 min |
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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.