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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 19, 20154 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2015, 11:35 AM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 25 min. 2 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, 11:35 AM EDT (15:35 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2015, 12:00 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Baker County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Early County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:38 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
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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

847 
WFUS52 KTAE 191535
TORTAE
GAC007-037-061-099-191600-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0016.150419T1535Z-150419T1600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1135 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
  NORTHERN EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
  CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
  NORTHWESTERN BAKER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL NOON EDT
    
* AT 1135 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
  OVER BLAKELY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MORGAN...BLAKELY...EDISON...ARLINGTON...LEARY...DOUGLASVILLE...
  CENTERVILLE...CUBA...AYCOCK MILL...CORDRAYS MILL...NICHOLASVILLE...
  ROWENA...EARLY CO A/P...PARKSVILLE...TURMAN...COLOMOKEE...
  COMMISSARY HILL...BERMUDA...IVEYS MILL AND DICKEY.

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 3164 8460 3162 8459 3163 8459 3164 8458
      3162 8458 3162 8457 3145 8442 3124 8496
      3136 8505 3162 8470 3162 8466 3164 8465
TIME...MOT...LOC 1535Z 237DEG 53KT 3136 8489 

$$

15-HARRIGAN

1 follow-up statement

508 
WWUS52 KTAE 191551
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1151 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

GAC007-037-061-099-191601-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-150419T1600Z/
CLAY GA-EARLY GA-CALHOUN GA-BAKER GA-
1151 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLAY...NORTHERN EARLY...
CALHOUN AND NORTHWESTERN BAKER COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA WILL
EXPIRE AT 1200 PM EDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS TO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3164 8460 3162 8459 3163 8459 3164 8458
      3162 8458 3162 8457 3145 8442 3124 8496
      3136 8505 3162 8470 3162 8466 3164 8465
TIME...MOT...LOC 1549Z 237DEG 53KT 3136 8489 

$$

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, 11:11 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Early	34 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.