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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 19, 2015Early County, Georgia; Henry County, Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2015, 11:11 AM EDT for Early County, Georgia; Henry County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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, 11:11 AM EDT (15:11 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2015, 11:45 AM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Early County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Apr 19, 11:30 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Ese Columbia, GA	LARGE TREE DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OJ BIG PINE RD AND CR 26. ROTATION EVIDENT FROM WIND SHIFT.
Apr 19, 11:38 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 S Blakely, GA	LARGE PECAN TREE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF GA 39 AND ROCKBLUFF RD.
Apr 19, 11:38 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Blakely, GA	TREES DOWN AROUND BLAKELY

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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 117 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: 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

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The text

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

720 
WFUS52 KTAE 191511
TORTAE
ALC067-069-GAC099-191545-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0015.150419T1511Z-150419T1545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1111 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
  NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
  NORTHWESTERN EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT/1045 AM CDT/
    
* AT 1111 AM EDT /1011 AM CDT/...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
  WAS LOCATED NEAR ASHFORD...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF COTTONWOOD...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BLAKELY...ASHFORD...COLUMBIA...CENTERVILLE...AVON...GORDON...
  HALEBURG...CUBA...PEARCE...BARBER...SIGMA...SAWHATCHEE...ROCK
  HILL...FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT...HILTON...PANSEY AND CEDAR SPRINGS.

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 3131 8483 3128 8488 3126 8492 3124 8494
      3108 8522 3116 8530 3149 8508
TIME...MOT...LOC 1511Z 233DEG 42KT 3117 8516 

$$

15-HARRIGAN

1 follow-up statement

352 
WWUS52 KTAE 191527
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1127 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

ALC067-069-191536-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150419T1545Z/
HENRY AL-HOUSTON AL-
1127 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HENRY AND NORTHEASTERN
HOUSTON 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 3131 8483 3116 8508 3117 8510 3120 8511
      3121 8510 3123 8510 3126 8511 3128 8511
      3129 8510 3132 8508 3137 8509 3139 8508
      3143 8508 3143 8507 3148 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 1526Z 233DEG 42KT 3128 8499 

$$

GAC099-191545-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150419T1545Z/
EARLY GA-
1127 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN EARLY COUNTY...
    
AT 1126 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7
MILES EAST OF COLUMBIA...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLAKELY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLAKELY...COLUMBIA...CENTERVILLE...SAWHATCHEE...CUBA...ROCK HILL AND
HILTON.

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 3131 8483 3116 8508 3117 8510 3120 8511
      3121 8510 3123 8510 3126 8511 3128 8511
      3129 8510 3132 8508 3137 8509 3139 8508
      3143 8508 3143 8507 3148 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 1526Z 233DEG 42KT 3128 8499 

$$

15-HARRIGAN

The 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, 10:47 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell	43 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

Nearby

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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.