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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2016, 12:52 AM EST for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 38 min. 7 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 24, 2016, 12:52 AM EST (05:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 1:30 AM EST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Calhoun County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Lee County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:53 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, 12:55 AM EST | TORNADO 1 | 3 E Clarks Mill, GA | RATED EF1 WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 5.1 MILES. DAMAGE WAS PRIMARILY TO PINE AND PECAN TREES. A PORTION OF THE SOUTHERN END WAS A FOCUSED AREA OF UPROOTED AND SNAPPED MATURE PINES...LEADING TO THE EF1 RATING. MUCH OF THE TORNADO TRACK RAN ALONG BOBBY LOCKE ROAD. |
| Feb 24, 1:00 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Chickasawhatchee, GA | BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTS MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ALONG BOBBY LOCKE ROAD JUST OFF SASSER HEROD ROAD. WALB-TV REPORT. |
| Feb 24, 1:06 AM EST | TSTM WND GST 53 | Sasser, GA | MEASURED ON THE T BRIM FARM GEORGIA MESONET OBSERVATION IN TERRELL COUNTY. |
| Feb 24, 1:10 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Oakland, GA | TREE BLOWN DOWN ON HICKORY RIDGE COURT. |
| Feb 24, 1:26 AM EST | TORNADO 1 | 3 Sse Chokee, GA | TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY ALONG GRAY MOSS RD WITH A PATH LENGTH OF LESS THAN 0.5 MI. RATED EF1. THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A MOBILE HOME ROOF...ALONG WITH THE COMPLETE REMOVAL OF AN ASPHALT ROOF OF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. |
| Feb 24, 1:26 AM EST | TORNADO | 3 Sse Chokee, GA | ROOF OFF OF BRICK HOUSE AND MOBILE HOME SEVERELY DAMAGED AND DEBRIS IN TREES ON GRAY MOSS RD. NO INJURIES. |
| Feb 24, 1:30 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Warwick, GA | A FEW TREES BLOWN DOWN IN NORTHERN WORTH COUNTY. |
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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
354
WFUS52 KTAE 240552
TORTAE
GAC037-095-177-273-321-240630-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0013.160224T0552Z-160224T0630Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1252 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN DOUGHERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN WORTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 130 AM EST
* AT 1252 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF DAWSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
55 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LEESBURG AROUND 110 AM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
NEYAMI...OAK HILL...CHOKEE...OAKFIELD...CLARKS MILL...STARKSVILLE...
HEROD...MOSSY DELL...CENTURY AND JORDAN PLACE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3190 8393 3184 8394 3184 8387 3182 8385
3183 8384 3181 8383 3181 8382 3180 8380
3179 8380 3155 8445 3164 8451 3191 8420
3191 8392
TIME...MOT...LOC 0552Z 238DEG 49KT 3163 8439
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
15-HARRIGAN3 follow-up statements
224
WWUS52 KTAE 240601
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
101 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016
GAC037-321-240610-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160224T0630Z/
CALHOUN GA-WORTH GA-
101 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN
SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA AND NORTHWESTERN WORTH COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL
GEORGIA IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3160 8439 3167 8448 3191 8420 3191 8392
3190 8393 3186 8394
TIME...MOT...LOC 0600Z 223DEG 32KT 3169 8439
$$
GAC095-177-273-240630-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160224T0630Z/
DOUGHERTY GA-TERRELL GA-LEE GA-
101 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN DOUGHERTY...SOUTHEASTERN TERRELL AND NORTHWESTERN LEE
COUNTIES...
AT 100 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR DAWSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LEESBURG AROUND 120 AM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
NEYAMI...JORDAN PLACE...CHICKASAWHATCHEE...CHOKEE...STARKSVILLE...
HEROD...ARMENA...SASSER...SCRUTCHINS AND BRIDGES CROSSROAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3160 8439 3167 8448 3191 8420 3191 8392
3190 8393 3186 8394
TIME...MOT...LOC 0600Z 223DEG 32KT 3169 8439
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
15-HARRIGAN537
WWUS52 KTAE 240615
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
115 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016
GAC095-240625-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160224T0630Z/
DOUGHERTY GA-
115 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DOUGHERTY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3169 8424 3179 8434 3191 8420 3191 8392
3190 8393 3186 8394
TIME...MOT...LOC 0615Z 238DEG 49KT 3180 8418
$$
GAC177-273-240630-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160224T0630Z/
TERRELL GA-LEE GA-
115 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EST FOR EAST
CENTRAL TERRELL AND NORTHERN LEE COUNTIES...
AT 115 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LEESBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EAST CENTRAL TERRELL AND NORTHERN LEE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...STARKSVILLE...NEYAMI...JORDAN PLACE...
SCRUTCHINS AND CHOKEE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3169 8424 3179 8434 3191 8420 3191 8392
3190 8393 3186 8394
TIME...MOT...LOC 0615Z 238DEG 49KT 3180 8418
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
15-HARRIGAN655
WWUS52 KTAE 240627 RRA
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
127 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016
GAC177-273-240637-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160224T0630Z/
TERRELL GA-LEE GA-
127 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL TERRELL AND NORTHERN LEE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 130 AM EST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3169 8424 3179 8434 3191 8420 3191 8392
3190 8393 3186 8394
TIME...MOT...LOC 0625Z 238DEG 49KT 3180 8418
$$
15-HARRIGANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 11:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Clay, Early, Miller, Randolph | 51 min |
| 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, 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 |
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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.