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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 13, 2020Tift County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2020, 5:30 AM EDT for Tift County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 min. 3 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 13, 2020, 5:30 AM EDT (09:30 UTC)
Expired: Apr 13, 2020, 6:01 AM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Tift County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:34 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
Apr 13, 5:36 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 W Ty Ty, GA	SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO SHOWING SEVERAL TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 82 ONE MILE WEST OF TY TY.
Apr 13, 5:40 AM EDT	TORNADO	1 Nne Ty Ty, GA	END POINT OF AN EF1 TORNADO THAT MOVED NORTHEAST INTO THE COUNTY FROM JUST WEST OF TY TY GA.
Apr 13, 5:45 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 S Chula, GA	SEVERAL TREES DOWN NORTH OF TIFTON ON NORTH CARPENTER ROAD. ADDITIONAL TREES DOWN ON BRIGHTON ROAD AND OVER NEAR OLD OCILLA ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

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
Apr 13, 3:20 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 143 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: 854 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 749 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 299 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 6.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

886 
WFUS52 KTAE 130930
TORTAE
GAC277-131015-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0013.200413T0930Z-200413T1015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
530 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Tift County in south central Georgia...

* Until 615 AM EDT.
    
* At 530 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Poulan, or near Sylvester, moving east at 50 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...
  Ty Ty around 540 AM EDT.
  Phillipsburg and Unionville around 550 AM EDT.
  Tifton around 555 AM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Vanceville, Tift Airport, Hillsdale, Eldorado, Fender, Chula,
Harding, Brookfield and Sunsweet.

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.

To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Tallahassee.

&&

LAT...LON 3159 8350 3157 8350 3157 8347 3156 8347
      3155 8342 3151 8339 3149 8338 3148 8334
      3147 8334 3146 8337 3140 8337 3138 8341
      3133 8346 3133 8365 3143 8365 3143 8367
      3148 8367 3149 8365 3160 8365
TIME...MOT...LOC 0930Z 252DEG 45KT 3143 8382 

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement

360 
WWUS52 KTAE 131001
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
601 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020

GAC277-131010-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-200413T1015Z/
Tift GA-
601 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR TIFT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 AM EDT for south central
Georgia.

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

LAT...LON 3159 8350 3157 8350 3157 8347 3156 8347
      3155 8342 3151 8339 3149 8338 3148 8334
      3147 8334 3146 8337 3140 8337 3138 8341
      3133 8346 3133 8365 3143 8365 3143 8367
      3148 8367 3149 8365 3160 8365
TIME...MOT...LOC 0958Z 252DEG 45KT 3155 8339 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 13, 1:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Quitman	86 min
Apr 13, 1:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay	92 min
Apr 13, 2:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Randolph, Terrell	92 min
Apr 13, 2:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lee	97 min
Apr 13, 3:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Early	69 min
Apr 13, 3:29 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Clay, Randolph	46 min
Apr 13, 3:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Randolph, Terrell	48 min
Apr 13, 4:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Miller, Mitchell	85 min
Apr 13, 4:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Seminole	66 min
Apr 13, 4:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lee, Turner, Worth	84 min
Apr 13, 4:24 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Lee, Worth	36 min
Apr 13, 5:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady, Miller, Seminole	56 min
Apr 13, 5:08 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Mitchell, Worth	33 min
Apr 13, 5:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Mitchell	74 min
Apr 13, 5:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Berrien, Cook, Irwin, Tift	84 min
Apr 13, 5:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady, Thomas	53 min
Apr 13, 5:52 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Berrien, Irwin	38 min
Apr 13, 6:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Grady, Lanier and 2 more	93 min
Apr 13, 7:51 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Lanier, Lowndes	24 min
Apr 13, 7:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes, Thomas	49 min
Apr 13, 8:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes	34 min
Apr 13, 9:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lowndes	14 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.