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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 20, 2020Early County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 2020, 1:02 AM EDT for Early County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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: Apr 20, 2020, 1:02 AM EDT (05:02 UTC)
Expired: Apr 20, 2020, 1:30 AM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Early County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 20, 1:05 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 E Blakely, GA	SCATTERED TREES DOWN ACROSS EARLY COUNTY.

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 19, 11:13 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 119 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: 2182 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 709 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 259 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 327 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.5
Supercell composite: 17.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

177 
WFUS52 KTAE 200502
TORTAE
GAC099-200530-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0022.200420T0502Z-200420T0530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
Issued by National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
102 AM EDT Mon Apr 20 2020

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

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

* Until 130 AM EDT.
    
* At 102 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Blakely, moving east at 45 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...
  Blakely around 105 AM EDT.
  Arlington around 125 AM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Cuba,
Damascus, Early Co A/p, Douglasville, Old Damascus, Hentown, Rock
Hill, Centerville, Hilton and Rowena.

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.

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

This cluster of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3144 8479 3143 8464 3134 8464 3134 8463
      3133 8463 3133 8464 3127 8464 3125 8511
      3128 8511 3129 8509 3132 8508 3136 8509
      3139 8508 3141 8508 3145 8479
TIME...MOT...LOC 0502Z 269DEG 40KT 3133 8500 

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

$$

1 follow-up statement

642 
WWUS52 KTAE 200516
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
Issued by National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
116 AM EDT Mon Apr 20 2020

GAC099-200530-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-200420T0530Z/
Early GA-
116 AM EDT Mon Apr 20 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL
EARLY COUNTY...
    
At 116 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles southeast of Blakely, moving east at 45 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...
  Arlington around 125 AM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Cuba,
Damascus, Early Co A/p, Douglasville, Old Damascus, Hentown,
Centerville and Rowena.

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.

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

This cluster of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3144 8479 3143 8464 3134 8464 3134 8463
      3133 8463 3133 8464 3127 8464 3126 8499
      3133 8498 3143 8494 3145 8479
TIME...MOT...LOC 0516Z 269DEG 40KT 3133 8482 

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

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 19, 9:15 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	TAE	Terrell, Webster	44 hr
Apr 19, 9:15 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	TAE	Lee	7 days
Apr 20, 12:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Early, Quitman, Randolph	95 min
Apr 20, 12:36 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Clay, Randolph	24 min
Apr 20, 12:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Early, Miller, Seminole	56 min
Apr 20, 12:59 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Quitman, Randolph	31 min
Apr 20, 1:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Lee and 5 more	40 min
Apr 20, 1:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell and 1 more	34 min
Apr 20, 1:38 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Calhoun, Colquitt, Cook and 9 more	67 min
Apr 20, 1:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur, Grady and 4 more	68 min
Apr 20, 2:38 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Lanier and 3 more	67 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.