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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 24, 2016Baker County, Calhoun County, Dougherty County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2016, 1:25 AM EST for Baker County, Calhoun County, Dougherty County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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, 1:25 AM EST (06:25 UTC)
Expired: Feb 24, 2016, 2:00 AM EST
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Baker County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Dougherty County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:27 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
Feb 24, 1:33 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Elmodel Wma, GA	TREE UPROOTED JUST WEST OF ELMODEL WITH OTHER LARGE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN IN THE AREA

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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 107 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.

727 
WFUS52 KTAE 240625
TORTAE
GAC007-037-095-240700-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0016.160224T0625Z-160224T0700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
125 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN DOUGHERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
  NORTHERN BAKER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 200 AM EST
    
* AT 125 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLQUITT...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 40 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
  SOUTHWESTERN DOUGHERTY...SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN AND NORTHERN BAKER
  COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
  LOCATIONS...PATMOS...BETHANY...HOLT...BERMUDA...IVEYS MILL...RED
  STORE CROSSROADS...ELMODEL WMA...MILFORD AND CRESTVIEW.

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 OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3139 8422 3125 8455 3126 8461 3128 8464
      3131 8464 3156 8449
TIME...MOT...LOC 0625Z 237DEG 35KT 3129 8458 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

15-HARRIGAN

3 follow-up statements

947 
WWUS52 KTAE 240637
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
137 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016

GAC007-037-095-240700-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160224T0700Z/
DOUGHERTY GA-CALHOUN GA-BAKER GA-
137 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN DOUGHERTY...SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN AND NORTHERN BAKER
COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
    
AT 137 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF NEWTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELMODEL WMA AND RED STORE CROSSROADS. 

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 OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3139 8422 3130 8445 3130 8448 3133 8452
      3137 8454 3152 8442
TIME...MOT...LOC 0637Z 237DEG 35KT 3135 8446 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

15-HARRIGAN

712 
WWUS52 KTAE 240646
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
146 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016

GAC037-240656-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160224T0700Z/
CALHOUN GA-
146 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN
SOUTHWESTERN 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 3139 8423 3136 8436 3135 8439 3138 8443
      3139 8443 3148 8435
TIME...MOT...LOC 0646Z 237DEG 35KT 3140 8437 

$$

GAC007-095-240700-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160224T0700Z/
DOUGHERTY GA-BAKER GA-
146 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN DOUGHERTY AND NORTH CENTRAL BAKER COUNTIES...
    
AT 146 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR NEWTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RED STORE CROSSROADS.

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 OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3139 8423 3136 8436 3135 8439 3138 8443
      3139 8443 3148 8435
TIME...MOT...LOC 0646Z 237DEG 35KT 3140 8437 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

15-HARRIGAN

557 
WWUS52 KTAE 240657
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
157 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016

GAC007-095-240707-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160224T0700Z/
DOUGHERTY GA-BAKER GA-
157 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DOUGHERTY AND NORTH CENTRAL
BAKER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 200 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 3139 8423 3136 8436 3135 8439 3138 8443
      3139 8443 3148 8435
TIME...MOT...LOC 0657Z 237DEG 35KT 3140 8437 

$$

15-HARRIGAN

The 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, 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, 1:41 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.