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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 2019, 2:12 PM EST for Terrell County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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 3, 2019, 2:12 PM EST (19:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2019, 2:45 PM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Terrell County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 3, 2:30 PM EST | FUNNEL CLOUD | Sasser, GA | A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY A TRAINED SPOTTER. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 12:24 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 260 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 677 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
781
WFUS52 KTAE 031912
TORTAE
GAC273-031945-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0013.190303T1912Z-190303T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
212 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2019
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Terrell County in southwestern Georgia...
* Until 245 PM EST.
* At 212 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Dawson, moving northeast at 40 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
Terrell County, including the following locations... Clarks Mill,
Dawson Municipal A/P, Sasser, Bridges Crossroad, Herod,
Chickasawhatchee, Doverel, Bronwood, Graves and Olivers Mill.
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 3187 8434 3187 8430 3183 8426 3179 8426
3179 8429 3170 8429 3169 8431 3169 8429
3166 8430 3162 8454 3168 8454 3174 8456
3189 8436
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 244DEG 34KT 3170 8449
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
38-GODSEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 1:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Clay, Quitman | 28 min |
| Mar 3, 1:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Randolph | 32 min |
| Mar 3, 2:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty | 30 min |
| Mar 3, 2:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lee, Terrell | 42 min |
| Mar 3, 2:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Turner, Worth | 36 min |
| Mar 3, 2:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Quitman, Randolph | 35 min |
| Mar 3, 2:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lee | 26 min |
| Mar 3, 2:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Lee, Worth | 38 min |
| Mar 3, 2:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Randolph, Terrell | 20 min |
| Mar 3, 2:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin, Turner | 44 min |
| Mar 3, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Early, Randolph | 30 min |
| Mar 3, 3:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin, Turner | 45 min |
| Mar 3, 3:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Early | 40 min |
| Mar 3, 3:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Randolph, Terrell | 35 min |
| Mar 3, 3:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Early | 34 min |
| Mar 3, 3:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Ben Hill | 30 min |
| Mar 3, 3:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Tift, Turner, Worth | 35 min |
| Mar 3, 3:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin, Turner | 45 min |
| Mar 3, 3:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell | 43 min |
| Mar 3, 3:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin | 51 min |
| Mar 3, 4:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Turner, Worth | 31 min |
| Mar 3, 4:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Lee, Worth | 43 min |
| Mar 3, 4:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin | 27 min |
| Mar 3, 4:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Irwin | 23 min |
| Mar 3, 4:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Turner | 38 min |
| Mar 3, 4:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Clay, Early | 52 min |
| Mar 3, 4:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Quitman, Randolph | 36 min |
| Mar 3, 5:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin, Turner | 56 min |
| Mar 3, 5:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Early, Lee, Quitman, Randolph and 1 more | 49 min |
| Mar 3, 5:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Miller, Randolph and 2 more | 51 min |
| Mar 3, 5:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Randolph | 36 min |
| Mar 3, 5:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lee, Randolph, Terrell | 38 min |
| Mar 3, 6:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Randolph, Terrell | 35 min |
| Mar 3, 6:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early, Seminole | 35 min |
| Mar 3, 6:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady, Seminole | 36 min |
| Mar 3, 6:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady and 6 more | 33 min |
| Mar 3, 6:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Early, Miller, Seminole | 23 min |
| Mar 3, 6:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Decatur, Miller, Seminole | 37 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.