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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2015, 10:18 AM EDT for Clay County, Quitman County, Randolph County, Georgia; Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 2015, 10:18 AM EDT (14:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2015, 11:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Henry County, AL, Clay County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:57 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 760 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 340 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
519
WFUS52 KTAE 191418
TORTAE
ALC067-GAC061-239-243-191500-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0012.150419T1418Z-150419T1500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1018 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
SOUTHERN QUITMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
WESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT/1000 AM CDT/
* AT 1016 AM EDT /916 AM CDT/...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED OVER FORT GAINES...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORT GAINES...CUTHBERT...UNION...BELLVILLE...CROSSROADS...SUTTONS
CORNER...SPRINGVALE...SPRINGVALE STATION...BETHEL...SHIVERS MILL...
MORRIS...BONAPARTES RETREAT...HATCHER...PETERSON HILL...MOORES
CROSSROADS...BAGBY STATE PARK...STANDLEYS STORE...WALTER F GEORGE
LAKE...CARNEGIE AND ZETTO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3193 8492 3165 8471 3162 8482 3160 8482
3157 8511 3174 8521 3176 8517 3177 8516
3176 8513 3177 8512 3178 8514 3180 8513
TIME...MOT...LOC 1416Z 250DEG 26KT 3163 8510
$$
15-HARRIGAN1 follow-up statement
829
WWUS52 KTAE 191449
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1049 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
ALC067-191458-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-150419T1500Z/
HENRY AL-
1049 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3165 8471 3162 8482 3162 8494 3165 8494
3166 8493 3167 8493 3168 8495 3171 8495
3172 8496 3183 8502 3188 8496 3193 8492
TIME...MOT...LOC 1448Z 250DEG 26KT 3171 8484
$$
GAC061-239-243-191500-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-150419T1500Z/
CLAY GA-QUITMAN GA-RANDOLPH GA-
1049 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL CLAY...SOUTHEASTERN QUITMAN AND WESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES...
AT 1048 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CUTHBERT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CUTHBERT...UNION...CROSSROADS...HATCHER...PETERSON HILL...COLES...
SPRINGVALE...SPRINGVALE STATION...COLEMAN...SHIVERS MILL...
CARNEGIE...MORRIS AND RANDOLPH CO A/P.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3165 8471 3162 8482 3162 8494 3165 8494
3166 8493 3167 8493 3168 8495 3171 8495
3172 8496 3183 8502 3188 8496 3193 8492
TIME...MOT...LOC 1448Z 250DEG 26KT 3171 8484
$$
15-HARRIGANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 10:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell | 43 min |
| Apr 19, 11:11 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 11:35 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early | 25 min |
| Apr 19, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Thomas | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lowndes, Thomas | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Lanier, Lowndes | 29 min |
| Apr 19, 8:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 27 min |
| Apr 19, 9:36 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 24 min |
| Apr 19, 9:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 9:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 36 min |
| Apr 19, 9:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 10:52 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 23 min |
| Apr 19, 5:38 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Dale | 41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.