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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 23, 20164 counties in Georgia; Henry County, Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 23, 2016, 11:54 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia; Henry County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 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 23, 2016, 11:54 PM EST (04:54 UTC)
Expired: Feb 24, 2016, 12:45 AM EST
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Clay County, GA, Early County, GA, Miller County, GA, Randolph County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:57 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
Feb 24, 12:07 AM EST	TORNADO 1	4 Nw Blakely, GA	THIS TORNADO BEGAN AROUND GRIMSLEY ROAD WITH TREE DAMAGE NOTED IN SURROUNDING FIELDS. IT THEN MOVED NORTHEAST... CROSSING STATE HIGHWAY 39 TO THE NORTHWEST OF BLAKELY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS NOTED IN A GROVE OF TREES OFF COTTON PATCH ROAD...WITH NUMER
Feb 24, 12:15 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	1 Sse Fort Gaines, GA	TREES DOWNED AROUND HIGHWAY 37 NEAR FORT GAINES.
Feb 24, 12:20 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Columbia, AL	TREES BLOWN DOWN NEAR A RESIDENCE IN COLUMBIA. PUBLIC POST TO WTVY FACEBOOK.

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 23, 9:08 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 125 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: 100 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 605 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

268 
WUUS52 KTAE 240454
SVRTAE
ALC067-069-GAC061-099-201-243-240545-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0033.160224T0454Z-160224T0545Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1154 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
  EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
  NORTHWESTERN MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
  CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 1245 AM EST/1145 PM CST/

* AT 1154 PM EST /1054 PM CST/...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF FORT GAINES TO NEAR
  COLUMBIA TO COTTONWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO 
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COTTONWOOD...FORT GAINES...BLAKELY...ASHFORD...COLUMBIA...
  CENTERVILLE...MADRID...GORDON...JAKIN...BELLVILLE...BLUFFTON...
  SUTTONS CORNER...CEDAR SPRINGS...CUBA...CROSBY...GRANGEBURG...EARLY
  CO A/P...JONES CROSSROADS...BETHEL AND HARMON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST/300 AM CST/ FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3162 8482 3159 8483 3156 8480 3155 8482
      3149 8482 3149 8481 3150 8480 3147 8481
      3144 8479 3144 8475 3113 8485 3107 8496
      3107 8503 3105 8501 3100 8510 3100 8543
      3125 8516 3143 8510 3165 8509 3173 8490
TIME...MOT...LOC 0454Z 240DEG 61KT 3151 8509 3124 8512 3104 8527 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

15-HARRIGAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 24, 12:10 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Early, Randolph	25 min
Feb 24, 12:19 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Miller and 2 more	56 min
Feb 24, 12:38 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Clay, Decatur, Early, Miller, Randolph and 1 more	67 min
Feb 24, 12:47 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Seminole	88 min
Feb 24, 12:50 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, Worth	25 min
Feb 24, 12:52 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, Worth	38 min
Feb 24, 1:10 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Dougherty, Early, Lee and 4 more	65 min
Feb 24, 1:12 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Decatur, Early, Miller, Seminole	48 min
Feb 24, 1:25 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty	35 min
Feb 24, 1:41 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Colquitt, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller and 2 more	49 min
Feb 24, 1:43 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Baker, Early, Miller, Mitchell	31 min
Feb 24, 1:48 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Turner	27 min
Feb 24, 1:49 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady, Seminole	86 min
Feb 24, 2:03 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Dougherty, Lee, Worth	27 min
Feb 24, 2:09 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Baker, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth	20 min
Feb 24, 2:12 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Calhoun, Colquitt, Dougherty, Early and 6 more	63 min
Feb 24, 2:21 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Colquitt, Decatur, Grady, Miller, Mitchell and 1 more	54 min
Feb 24, 2:42 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Dougherty, Lee, Turner, Worth	29 min
Feb 24, 2:43 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Grady	32 min
Feb 24, 2:59 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas	46 min
Feb 24, 3:12 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Turner	19 min
Feb 24, 3:37 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lowndes, Thomas	53 min
Feb 24, 3:54 AM EST	Wind Advisory	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more	14 hr
Feb 24, 4:29 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Irwin, Tift	27 min
Feb 24, 4:42 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes	48 min
Feb 23, 9:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Geneva	43 min
Feb 23, 10:09 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Geneva	51 min
Feb 23, 10:50 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston	40 min
Feb 23, 11:14 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	46 min
Feb 23, 11:25 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	65 min
Feb 23, 11:37 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Geneva	113 min
Feb 23, 11:48 PM EST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TAE	Henry	30 min
Feb 24, 12:41 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Houston	2 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.