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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2015, 10:47 AM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 43 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
- Apr 19, 2015, 10:47 AM EDT (14:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2015, 11:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Terrell County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 11:00 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Shellman, GA | LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN INTO A HOME NEAR SHELLMAN. TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. VIA WALB-TV. |
| Apr 19, 11:15 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Parrott, GA | COUPLE OF POWER LINES DOWN AROUND HIGHWAY 520. |
| Apr 19, 11:15 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Parrott, GA | MULTIPLE TREES REPORTED DOWN IN THE PARROTT AREA ON THE WALB-TV FACEBOOK PAGE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:57 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 156 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.
964
WFUS52 KTAE 191447
TORTAE
GAC037-061-239-243-273-191530-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0013.150419T1447Z-150419T1530Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1047 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN QUITMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT
* AT 1047 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR CUTHBERT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CUTHBERT...DAWSON...EDISON...SHELLMAN...UNION...SASSER...
BRONWOOD...PARROTT...BELLVILLE...BLUFFTON...DAWSON MUNICIPAL A/P...
SUTTONS CORNER...CORDRAYS MILL...SPRINGVALE...OAK HILL...SPRINGVALE
STATION...PLEASANT HILL...BETHEL...SHIVERS MILL AND HEROD.
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 3180 8428 3170 8429 3169 8431 3169 8429
3165 8434 3162 8445 3160 8447 3150 8482
3150 8487 3181 8503 3193 8492 3192 8491
3193 8480 3192 8480 3192 8469 3193 8468
3192 8465 3192 8445 3196 8444
TIME...MOT...LOC 1447Z 242DEG 34KT 3174 8473
$$
15-HARRIGAN2 follow-up statements
195
WWUS52 KTAE 191501
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1101 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
GAC061-239-191510-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150419T1530Z/
CLAY GA-QUITMAN GA-
1101 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN CLAY AND SOUTHEASTERN QUITMAN
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3180 8428 3170 8429 3169 8431 3169 8429
3165 8434 3162 8445 3160 8447 3153 8473
3162 8474 3179 8490 3188 8485 3193 8482
3193 8480 3192 8480 3192 8469 3193 8468
3192 8465 3192 8445 3196 8444
TIME...MOT...LOC 1500Z 242DEG 34KT 3180 8459
$$
GAC037-243-273-191530-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150419T1530Z/
CALHOUN GA-TERRELL GA-RANDOLPH GA-
1101 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN...TERRELL AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN
GEORGIA...
AT 1100 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SHELLMAN...OR 9 MILES WEST OF DAWSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CUTHBERT...DAWSON...EDISON...SHELLMAN...SASSER...BRONWOOD...
PARROTT...DAWSON MUNICIPAL A/P...CORDRAYS MILL...YEOMANS...OAK
HILL...SPRINGVALE STATION...PLEASANT HILL...CLARKS MILL...SHIVERS
MILL...HEROD...WADES...CHAMBLISS...DOVEREL AND PETERSON HILL.
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 3180 8428 3170 8429 3169 8431 3169 8429
3165 8434 3162 8445 3160 8447 3153 8473
3162 8474 3179 8490 3188 8485 3193 8482
3193 8480 3192 8480 3192 8469 3193 8468
3192 8465 3192 8445 3196 8444
TIME...MOT...LOC 1500Z 242DEG 34KT 3180 8459
$$
15-HARRIGAN457
WWUS52 KTAE 191518
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1118 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
GAC243-191527-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150419T1530Z/
RANDOLPH GA-
1118 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR RANDOLPH COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3180 8428 3170 8429 3169 8431 3169 8429
3165 8434 3162 8445 3160 8447 3157 8457
3162 8458 3162 8455 3164 8454 3168 8454
3176 8457 3186 8453 3192 8455 3192 8445
3196 8444
TIME...MOT...LOC 1517Z 242DEG 34KT 3188 8441
$$
GAC037-273-191530-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150419T1530Z/
CALHOUN GA-TERRELL GA-
1118 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN AND TERRELL COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
AT 1117 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7
MILES NORTH OF DAWSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DAWSON...SASSER...BRONWOOD...PARROTT...DAWSON MUNICIPAL A/P...
CORDRAYS MILL...YEOMANS...OAK HILL...PLEASANT HILL...CLARKS MILL...
GRAVES...HEROD...CHAMBLISS...DOVEREL...OAKVILLE...CHICKASAWHATCHEE
AND BRIDGES CROSSROAD.
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 3180 8428 3170 8429 3169 8431 3169 8429
3165 8434 3162 8445 3160 8447 3157 8457
3162 8458 3162 8455 3164 8454 3168 8454
3176 8457 3186 8453 3192 8455 3192 8445
3196 8444
TIME...MOT...LOC 1517Z 242DEG 34KT 3188 8441
$$
15-HARRIGANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 10:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Clay, Quitman, Randolph | 42 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 |
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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.