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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2016, 2:53 AM EDT for Baker County, Calhoun County, Dougherty County, Georgia. It was in force for 20 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, 2:53 AM EDT (06:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2016, 3:13 AM EDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Baker County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Dougherty County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 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.
419
WFUS52 KTAE 070653
TORTAE
GAC007-037-095-070730-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0026.160407T0653Z-160407T0730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
253 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN DOUGHERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
NORTHEASTERN BAKER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 330 AM EDT
* AT 253 AM EDT...A TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EDISON...
OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST 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 TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MORGAN AROUND 305 AM EDT.
LEARY AROUND 315 AM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
DUCKER...HOLT...BERMUDA...CORDRAYS MILL...MOYE...OAK HILL AND DICKEY.
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 3158 8479 3162 8478 3162 8429 3143 8436
TIME...MOT...LOC 0653Z 286DEG 32KT 3160 8474
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
9-FOURNIER2 follow-up statements
848
WWUS52 KTAE 070701
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
301 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016
GAC007-070711-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-160407T0730Z/
BAKER GA-
301 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BAKER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS !**
WEAKENED. MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3155 8470 3161 8468 3162 8429 3144 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 0701Z 286DEG 32KT 3158 8466
$$
GAC037-095-070730-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-160407T0730Z/
DOUGHERTY GA-CALHOUN GA-
301 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT FOR WESTERN
DOUGHERTY AND NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTIES...
AT 301 AM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR 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...
MORGAN AROUND 305 AM EDT.
LEARY AROUND 315 AM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
DUCKER...DICKEY...HOLT...BERMUDA...CORDRAYS MILL AND OAK HILL.
LAT...LON 3155 8470 3161 8468 3162 8429 3144 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 0701Z 286DEG 32KT 3158 8466
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
9-FOURNIER642
WWUS52 KTAE 070713
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
313 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016
GAC037-095-070723-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-160407T0730Z/
DOUGHERTY GA-CALHOUN GA-
313 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN DOUGHERTY AND NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3155 8470 3161 8468 3162 8429 3144 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 0712Z 286DEG 32KT 3155 8454
$$
9-FOURNIERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2:34 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Randolph, Terrell | 26 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.