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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 31, 2016Grady County, Mitchell County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2016, 7:25 PM EDT for Grady County, Mitchell County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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: Mar 31, 2016, 7:25 PM EDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Grady County, GA, Mitchell County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 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
Mar 31, 7:38 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	8 Wsw Pelham, GA	POWER LINES DOWN NEAR GODWIN LANE AND COUNTY LINE ROAD 262. A CALLER ALSO REPORTED AN UNCONFIRMED TORNADO IN THAT AREA
Mar 31, 7:38 PM EDT	TORNADO	8 Wsw Pelham, GA	POWER LINES DOWN NEAR GODWIN LANE AND COUNTY LINE ROAD 262. REPORT OF A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN FROM TWO SEPARATE WITNESSES IN THE AREA. NO OTHER DAMAGE REPORTED AT THIS TIME

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 78 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: 53 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -640 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1024 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

294 
WFUS52 KTAE 312325
TORTAE
GAC131-205-010000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0023.160331T2325Z-160401T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
725 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN GRADY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
    
* AT 725 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF PELHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
  PELHAM AND CAMILLA AROUND 755 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BRANCHVILLE.

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 3108 8405 3108 8412 3107 8412 3104 8437
      3108 8438 3108 8440 3112 8440 3125 8411
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 246DEG 21KT 3109 8435 

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

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 3:29 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 18 more	39 hr
Mar 31, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Early, Miller, Seminole	46 min
Mar 31, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Miller, Seminole	25 min
Mar 31, 7:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady	38 min
Mar 31, 7:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady	51 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.