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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 13, 2020Lanier County, Lowndes County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2020, 7:51 AM EDT for Lanier County, Lowndes County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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, 7:51 AM EDT (11:51 UTC)
Expired
Apr 13, 2020, 8:15 AM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

Counties Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:53 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 13, 8:01 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 S Hansell, GATREES DOWN IN THE 500 BLOCK OF SOUTH HIGHWAY 135. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Apr 13, 8:03 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Sse Hansell, GASEVERAL TREES DOWN ON GOOD HOPE ROAD SOUTH OF LAKELAND. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Apr 13, 8:10 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGStockton, GASOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF TREES DOWN IN THE STOCKTON AREA.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 13, 3:20 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 123 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2020-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 854 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2020-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 193 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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

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The text

As transmitted.

396 
WFUS52 KTAE 131151
TORTAE
GAC173-185-131215-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0015.200413T1151Z-200413T1215Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southern Lanier County in south central Georgia...
  Northeastern Lowndes County in south central Georgia...

* Until 815 AM EDT.
    
* At 751 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Moody Air Force Base, or near Valdosta, moving
  northeast at 65 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...
  Lakeland around 800 AM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Naylor, Courthouse, Hansell, Greenwood and Stockton.

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 3079 8328 3095 8330 3111 8297 3089 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 1151Z 245DEG 55KT 3089 8320 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

04-MCD
1 follow-up statement
296 
WWUS52 KTAE 131203
SVSTAE

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

GAC173-185-131215-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-200413T1215Z/
Lanier GA-Lowndes GA-
803 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LANIER AND EAST CENTRAL LOWNDES COUNTIES...
    
At 802 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Lakeland, 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
southeastern Lanier and east central Lowndes Counties, including the
following locations... Naylor, Greenwood and Stockton.

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 3086 8309 3099 8313 3108 8297 3089 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 1202Z 245DEG 55KT 3096 8301 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

04-MCD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 1:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEQuitman86 min
Apr 13, 1:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEClay92 min
Apr 13, 2:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAERandolph, Terrell92 min
Apr 13, 2:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELee97 min
Apr 13, 3:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEClay, Early69 min
Apr 13, 3:29 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEClay, Randolph46 min
Apr 13, 3:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAERandolph, Terrell48 min
Apr 13, 4:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Miller, Mitchell85 min
Apr 13, 4:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Seminole66 min
Apr 13, 4:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELee, Turner, Worth84 min
Apr 13, 4:24 AM EDTTornado WarningTAELee, Worth36 min
Apr 13, 5:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Grady, Miller, Seminole56 min
Apr 13, 5:08 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEMitchell, Worth33 min
Apr 13, 5:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEColquitt, Mitchell74 min
Apr 13, 5:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBen Hill, Berrien, Cook, Irwin, Tift84 min
Apr 13, 5:30 AM EDTTornado WarningTAETift31 min
Apr 13, 5:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Grady, Thomas53 min
Apr 13, 5:52 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEBerrien, Irwin38 min
Apr 13, 6:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Grady, Lanier and 2 more93 min
Apr 13, 7:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes, Thomas49 min
Apr 13, 8:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Lanier, Lowndes34 min
Apr 13, 9:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELowndes14 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.