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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 24, 2016Grady County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2016, 2:43 AM EST for Grady County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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: Feb 24, 2016, 2:43 AM EST (07:43 UTC)
Expired: Feb 24, 2016, 3:15 AM EST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Grady County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:44 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, 2:45 AM EST	TORNADO 1	2 Se Whigham, GA	RATED EF1 WITH ESTIMATED MAX WINDS OF 90 MPH. 12.9 MILE TRACK WITH MAX WIDTH OF 400 YARDS. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SOUTHWEST OF WHIGHAM AND TRAVELLED NORTHEAST... CROSSING U.S. 84 BETWEEN WHIGHAM AND CAIRO. THE TORNADO LIFTED NORTHEAST OF CAIRO. THE BULK OF T
Feb 24, 2:49 AM EST	TORNADO	2 Se Whigham, GA	TREES DOWN ALONG PROVIDENCE ROAD. TDS SIGNATURE NOTED ON RADAR.

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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 56 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.

811 
WFUS52 KTAE 240743
TORTAE
GAC131-240815-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0021.160224T0743Z-160224T0815Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL GRADY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 315 AM EST
    
* AT 243 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER WHIGHAM...OR 7 MILES WEST OF CAIRO...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 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...
  CAIRO AROUND 250 AM EST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
AKRIDGE...RENO...PRINCES STILL...PINE PARK...GRADY CO A/P...CAPEL AND
NICKLEVILLE.

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 3102 8412 3097 8412 3092 8408 3088 8408
      3087 8407 3085 8408 3078 8408 3075 8437
      3077 8438 3094 8438
TIME...MOT...LOC 0743Z 246DEG 53KT 3087 8433 

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements

003 
WWUS52 KTAE 240749
SVSTAE

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

GAC131-240815-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160224T0815Z/
GRADY GA-
249 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM EST FOR CENTRAL
GRADY COUNTY...
        
AT 249 AM EST...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER WHIGHAM...OR
NEAR CAIRO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

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
CENTRAL GRADY COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...AKRIDGE...
RENO...PRINCES STILL...PINE PARK...GRADY CO A/P...CAPEL AND
NICKLEVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3102 8412 3097 8412 3092 8408 3088 8408
      3087 8407 3085 8408 3078 8408 3075 8437
      3077 8438 3094 8438
TIME...MOT...LOC 0749Z 246DEG 47KT 3088 8428 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

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761 
WWUS52 KTAE 240807
SVSTAE

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

GAC131-240817-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160224T0815Z/
GRADY GA-
307 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL GRADY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 315 AM
EST...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3102 8412 3097 8412 3092 8408 3088 8408
      3087 8407 3085 8408 3078 8408 3075 8437
      3077 8438 3094 8438
TIME...MOT...LOC 0802Z 246DEG 53KT 3088 8428 

$$

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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, 1:25 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, 2:59 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.