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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 2019, 6:53 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 37 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 3, 2019, 6:53 PM EST (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2019, 7:30 PM EST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Baker County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Miller County, GA, Seminole County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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 3, 7:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nne Sharphagen, GA | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON BUR LANE ROAD. |
| Mar 3, 7:08 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Eldorendo, GA | POWER LINES DOWN ALONG WHITES BRIDGE ROAD. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 86 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.
913
WFUS52 KTAE 032353
TORTAE
GAC007-087-201-253-040030-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0039.190303T2353Z-190304T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
653 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2019
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
North central Decatur County in southwestern Georgia...
Miller County in southwestern Georgia...
Southwestern Baker County in southwestern Georgia...
Northeastern Seminole County in southwestern Georgia...
* Until 730 PM EST.
* At 653 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Donalsonville, moving east 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 dangerous storm will be near...
Colquitt around 700 PM EST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Boykin, Babcock, Sharphagen, Iron City, Davis Park, Enterprise,
Hoggard Mill, Eldorendo, Cooktown and Mayhaw.
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 3125 8438 3122 8441 3119 8442 3117 8446
3117 8447 3116 8448 3114 8448 3113 8450
3108 8451 3099 8454 3102 8492 3119 8492
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 269DEG 35KT 3111 8483
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
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, 2:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Terrell | 33 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 |
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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.