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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 23, 2020Berrien County, Cook County, Lanier County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2020, 1:10 PM EDT for Berrien County, Cook County, Lanier County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 min. 10 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 23, 2020, 1:10 PM EDT (17:10 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2020, 1:45 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Berrien County, GA, Cook County, GA, Lanier County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:11 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 23, 1:15 PM EDT	TORNADO	1 W Allenville, GA	EF1 TORNADO FROM COLQUITT COUNTY TRACKED THROUGH COOK INTO BERRIEN COUNTY BEFORE WEAKENING TO AN EF0 IN LANIER COUNTY.
Apr 23, 1:17 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sse Nashville, GA	TREE DOWN NEAR HIGHWAY 129 AND KEEN ROAD.
Apr 23, 1:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ese Allenville, GA	TREE DOWN AT SIRMANS ROAD AND EAST OF AULIE GASKINS ROAD.
Apr 23, 1:22 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Sse Teeterville, GA	TREE DOWN BLOCKING ROAD.
Apr 23, 1:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nnw Courthouse, GA	TREE DOWN ON PEACHTREE ROAD OFF ROVER ROAD.
Apr 23, 1:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ne Teeterville, GA	TREES DOWN AT HIGHWAY 135 ADN DEERWOOD ROAD.
Apr 23, 1:26 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Ray City, GA	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY, PARTICULARLY THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. TREE ON HOUSE ON PARK STREET. TREES DOWN ON POSSUM CREEK ROAD, JONES ROAD, ALLENVILLE ROAD, TURTLE DOVE LANE, OLD MILL TOWN ROAD, HIGHWAY 168, AND MAY ROAD.
Apr 23, 1:28 PM EDT	TORNADO	2 Ene Courthouse, GA	EF0 TORNADO BASED ON STORM SURVEY.
Apr 23, 1:29 PM EDT	TORNADO	4 N Meigs, GA	TORNADO THAT TRACKED THROUGH COLQUITT, COOK, AND BERRIEN COUNTIES MOVED INTO LANIER COUNTY AND WEAKENED AN EF0 IN LANIER COUNTY BEFORE LIFTING.
Apr 23, 1:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nnw Courthouse, GA	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

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 23, 10:52 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1318 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 455 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 663 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

490 
WFUS52 KTAE 231710
TORTAE
GAC019-075-173-231745-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0028.200423T1710Z-200423T1745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
110 PM EDT Thu Apr 23 2020

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Cook County in south central Georgia...
  Southeastern Berrien County in south central Georgia...
  Northern Lanier County in south central Georgia...

* Until 145 PM EDT.

* At 110 PM EDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Adel, moving
  east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...Damaging tornado and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Law enforcement confirmed tornado.

  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.

* The tornado will be near...
  Nashville and Ray City around 120 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Courthouse, Cottle, Berrien Co A/P, New Lois, Massee, Allenville,
Weber, Laconte, Bannockburn and Teeterville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 3108 8343 3121 8346 3131 8306 3128 8305
      3128 8304 3123 8305 3122 8304 3121 8305
      3119 8305 3119 8298 3118 8297 3107 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 1710Z 261DEG 38KT 3116 8334 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

1 follow-up statement

693 
WWUS52 KTAE 231724
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
124 PM EDT Thu Apr 23 2020

GAC075-231733-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-200423T1745Z/
Cook GA-
124 PM EDT Thu Apr 23 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COOK COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out 
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 PM EDT for south central
Georgia.

LAT...LON 3107 8297 3108 8329 3108 8330 3125 8331
      3131 8306 3128 8305 3128 8304 3123 8305
      3122 8304 3121 8305 3119 8305 3119 8298
      3118 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 1723Z 261DEG 38KT 3118 8318 

$$

GAC019-173-231745-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-200423T1745Z/
Berrien GA-Lanier GA-
124 PM EDT Thu Apr 23 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BERRIEN AND NORTHERN LANIER COUNTIES...
    
At 123 PM EDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Nashville, moving
east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Damaging tornado and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Law enforcement confirmed tornado.

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 Berrien and northern Lanier Counties, including the
following locations... Courthouse, Berrien Co A/P, New Lois,
Allenville, Weber, Bannockburn and Teeterville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 3107 8297 3108 8329 3108 8330 3125 8331
      3131 8306 3128 8305 3128 8304 3123 8305
      3122 8304 3121 8305 3119 8305 3119 8298
      3118 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 1723Z 261DEG 38KT 3118 8318 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 23, 9:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay, Quitman, Randolph	67 min
Apr 23, 10:22 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Early	38 min
Apr 23, 10:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Baker, Dougherty, Mitchell, Tift, Turner, Worth	50 min
Apr 23, 10:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Miller and 2 more	47 min
Apr 23, 11:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill, Dougherty, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth	67 min
Apr 23, 11:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady and 5 more	64 min
Apr 23, 11:47 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady, Miller, Mitchell, Thomas	28 min
Apr 23, 11:51 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Dougherty, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth	39 min
Apr 23, 12:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TAE	Brooks, Colquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas	34 min
Apr 23, 12:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Grady, Thomas	16 min
Apr 23, 12:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur, Grady and 6 more	23 min
Apr 23, 12:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TAE	Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier	35 min
Apr 23, 12:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Lanier and 3 more	57 min
Apr 23, 1:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes	32 min
Apr 23, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Early, Seminole	30 min
Apr 23, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell and 1 more	48 min
Apr 23, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Early, Seminole	56 min
Apr 23, 4:46 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Early, Seminole	3 hr
Apr 23, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Decatur, Early, Miller, Seminole	39 min
Apr 23, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady, Seminole	61 min
Apr 23, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Grady, Thomas	66 min
Apr 23, 7:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes	66 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.