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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2012, 1:28 PM EST for Colquitt County, Cook County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 min. 3 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
- Feb 24, 2012, 1:28 PM EST (18:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2012, 2:00 PM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 1:45 PM EST | TORNADO 0 | 4 Ese Omega, GA | CONFIRMED EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE VICINITY OF ELLENTON OMEGA ROAD AND TRAVELED NORTHEASTWARD AROUND 3 MILES WHILE SKIPPING UP AND DOWN BEFORE LIFTING PERMANENTLY NEAR THE COLQUITT/COOK COUNTY BORDER JUST PAST LAWYER SUMNER ROAD BUT BEFORE CROSSING I-75 |
| Feb 24, 1:45 PM EST | TORNADO | 4 Ese Omega, GA | SUSPECTED TORNADO BASED ON MEDIA REPORTS EAST SOUTHEAST OF OMEGA IN COLQUITT COUNTY. SUSPECTED TORNADO PATH IS ESIMATED TO HAVE CONTINUED EASTWARD ALONG THE TIFT-COOK COUNTY LINE NEAR INTERSTATE 75. |
| Feb 24, 1:50 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Eldorado, GA | PUBLIC REPORT ON THE WALB-TV FACEBOOK PAGE OF A BARN BLOWN DOWN NEAR THE TIFT/COOK COUNTY LINE JUST OFF OF I-75. |
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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 116 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.
422
WFUS52 KTAE 241828
TORTAE
GAC071-075-241900-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0005.120224T1828Z-120224T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
128 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN COOK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 200 PM EST
* AT 126 PM EST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 6 MILES NORTH OF MOULTRIE...OR NEAR NEW
ELM...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
NORMAN PARK AND LENOX
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 3117 8386 3133 8388 3133 8376 3132 8375
3132 8372 3133 8371 3133 8346 3134 8346
3134 8344 3117 8341
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 262DEG 44KT 3127 8376
$$
42-DVD2 follow-up statements
992
WWUS52 KTAE 241838
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
138 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
GAC071-075-241900-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T1900Z/
COLQUITT GA-COOK GA-
138 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL COOK AND NORTHEASTERN COLQUITT COUNTIES...
AT 136 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CROSLAND...MOVING
EAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FLAT
FORD...WAGON WHEEL...LENOX...STAUNTON...BARNEYVILLE AND LACONTE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3121 8369 3132 8372 3133 8371 3133 8346
3134 8346 3134 8344 3121 8342
TIME...MOT...LOC 1838Z 262DEG 44KT 3130 8360
$$
42-DVD274
WWUS52 KTAE 241859
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
159 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
GAC071-075-241909-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T1900Z/
COLQUITT GA-COOK GA-
159 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL COOK AND NORTHEASTERN
COLQUITT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 200 PM EST...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3121 8369 3132 8372 3133 8371 3133 8346
3134 8346 3134 8344 3121 8342
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 262DEG 44KT 3133 8330
$$
42-DVDThe 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, 12:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Mitchell | 33 min |
| Feb 24, 1:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Cook, Mitchell, Tift, Worth | 49 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.