Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 25, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2016, 2:34 AM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 26 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
- Apr 7, 2016, 2:34 AM EDT (06:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2016, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Terrell County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2:55 AM EDT | TORNADO | 1 N Edison, GA | *** 4 INJ *** 2 TRAILERS AT A TRAILER PARK JUST NORTH OF EDISON OVERTURNED WITH 3 TO 4 MINOR INJURIES. |
| Apr 7, 3:00 AM EDT | TORNADO | Dickey, GA | *** 2 INJ *** TRAILER DESTROYED IN DICKEY WITH 2 PEOPLE SERIOUSLY INJURED. |
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 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1133 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
420
WFUS52 KTAE 070634
TORTAE
GAC037-061-243-273-070700-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0025.160407T0634Z-160407T0700Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
234 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
SOUTHWESTERN TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
EAST CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 300 AM EDT
* AT 234 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR FORT GAINES...MOVING EAST 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...
EDISON AROUND 255 AM EDT.
MORGAN AROUND 300 AM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
SUTTONS CORNER...BELLVILLE...AYCOCK MILL...CORDRAYS MILL...MOYE...
CARNEGIE...DICKEY...JONES CROSSING AND ZETTO.
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 3161 8499 3166 8497 3163 8450 3146 8457
TIME...MOT...LOC 0634Z 287DEG 32KT 3163 8494
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
9-FOURNIER2 follow-up statements
092
WWUS52 KTAE 070642
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
242 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016
GAC037-061-243-273-070700-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160407T0700Z/
CALHOUN GA-TERRELL GA-CLAY GA-RANDOLPH GA-
242 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL
CALHOUN...SOUTHWESTERN TERRELL...EAST CENTRAL CLAY AND SOUTHEASTERN
RANDOLPH COUNTIES...
AT 242 AM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
EDISON...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF CUTHBERT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
EDISON AROUND 255 AM EDT.
MORGAN AROUND 300 AM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
SUTTONS CORNER...DICKEY...CORDRAYS MILL AND MOYE.
LAT...LON 3161 8490 3164 8489 3163 8450 3146 8457
TIME...MOT...LOC 0642Z 274DEG 31KT 3162 8486
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
9-FOURNIER137
WWUS52 KTAE 070650
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
250 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016
GAC061-070700-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160407T0700Z/
CLAY GA-
250 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS !**
WEAKENED. MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3158 8481 3162 8481 3163 8450 3146 8457
TIME...MOT...LOC 0650Z 287DEG 32KT 3160 8478
$$
GAC037-243-273-070700-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160407T0700Z/
CALHOUN GA-TERRELL GA-RANDOLPH GA-
250 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL
CALHOUN...SOUTHWESTERN TERRELL AND SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES...
AT 250 AM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EDISON...OR 11
MILES WEST OF MORGAN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
EDISON AROUND 255 AM EDT.
MORGAN AROUND 300 AM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
DICKEY...CORDRAYS MILL AND MOYE.
LAT...LON 3158 8481 3162 8481 3163 8450 3146 8457
TIME...MOT...LOC 0650Z 287DEG 32KT 3160 8478
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
9-FOURNIERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty | 20 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.