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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2016, 7:39 PM EDT for Decatur County, Grady County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2016, 7:39 PM EDT (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2016, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Decatur County, GA, Grady County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
797
WFUS52 KTAE 312339
TORTAE
GAC087-131-010030-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0024.160331T2339Z-160401T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
739 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL GRADY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
NORTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 739 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BAINBRIDGE...MOVING EAST 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...
WHIGHAM AROUND 800 PM EDT.
CAIRO AROUND 820 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
PEOPLES STILL...AKRIDGE...GRADY CO A/P...CLIMAX...CAPEL AND ELPINO.
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 3085 8452 3100 8451 3102 8414 3083 8415
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 276DEG 20KT 3091 8446
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
42-DVD2 follow-up statements
073
WWUS52 KTAE 312355
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
755 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016
GAC087-010004-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160401T0030Z/
DECATUR GA-
755 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3083 8415 3084 8438 3101 8437 3102 8414
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 271DEG 21KT 3091 8435
$$
GAC131-010030-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160401T0030Z/
GRADY GA-
755 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
GRADY COUNTY...
AT 754 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WHIGHAM...OR 8 MILES WEST OF CAIRO...MOVING EAST 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...
CAIRO AROUND 815 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
PEOPLES STILL...AKRIDGE...GRADY CO A/P...CAPEL AND ELPINO.
LAT...LON 3083 8415 3084 8438 3101 8437 3102 8414
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 271DEG 21KT 3091 8435
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
42-DVD571
WWUS52 KTAE 010020
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
820 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016
GAC131-010030-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160401T0030Z/
GRADY GA-
820 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL GRADY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM
EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TALLAHASSEE.
LAT...LON 3083 8415 3084 8438 3101 8437 3102 8414
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 276DEG 20KT 3091 8435
$$
42-DVDThe 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, 7:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Grady, Mitchell | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady | 38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.