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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 19, 2019Quitman County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 19, 2019, 5:59 PM EST for Quitman County, Georgia. It was in force for 13 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: Jan 19, 2019, 5:59 PM EST (22:59 UTC)
Expired: Jan 19, 2019, 6:12 PM EST
In force: 13 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Quitman County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 19, 4:21 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 167 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 442 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

288 
WFUS52 KTAE 192259
TORTAE
GAC239-192330-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0004.190119T2259Z-190119T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
559 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2019

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Quitman County in southwestern Georgia...

* Until 630 PM EST.
    
* At 559 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Georgetown, moving northeast 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  Quitman County, including the following locations... Wire Bridge.

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 3198 8504 3198 8500 3197 8499 3197 8496
      3194 8496 3194 8494 3192 8491 3187 8491
      3181 8513 3184 8514 3189 8513 3190 8511
      3194 8508 3196 8509 3197 8507 3199 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 233DEG 30KT 3186 8513 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement

232 
WWUS52 KTAE 192312
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
612 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2019

GAC239-192322-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-190119T2330Z/
Quitman GA-
612 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2019

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR QUITMAN COUNTY 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.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EST for southwestern
Georgia.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Tallahassee.

LAT...LON 3198 8504 3198 8500 3197 8499 3197 8496
      3194 8496 3194 8494 3192 8491 3187 8491
      3181 8513 3184 8514 3189 8513 3190 8511
      3194 8508 3196 8509 3197 8507 3199 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 233DEG 30KT 3193 8502 

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 19, 6:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay	60 min

Nearby

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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.