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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 31, 2020Quitman County, Randolph County, Terrell County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2020, 1:10 PM EDT for Quitman County, Randolph County, Terrell County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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: Mar 31, 2020, 1:10 PM EDT (17:10 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2020, 1:45 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Terrell County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:12 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 31, 9:51 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 163 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: 2296 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 316 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 406 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

506 
WFUS52 KTAE 311710
TORTAE
GAC239-243-273-311745-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0003.200331T1710Z-200331T1745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
110 PM EDT Tue Mar 31 2020

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northern Randolph County in southwestern Georgia...
  Southeastern Quitman County in southwestern Georgia...
  Northern Terrell County in southwestern Georgia...

* Until 145 PM EDT.
    
* At 109 PM EDT, a tornado producing storm was located 7 miles
  northwest of Cuthbert, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar 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
  northern Randolph, southeastern Quitman and northern Terrell
  Counties, including the following locations... Springvale Station,
  Oakville, Chambliss, White House, Parrott, Brooksville,
  Benevolence, Springvale, Wades and Olivers Mill.

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 3192 8438 3188 8436 3186 8431 3178 8494
      3194 8493 3192 8491 3192 8481 3193 8480
      3192 8480 3192 8469 3193 8468 3192 8468
      3192 8445 3196 8444
TIME...MOT...LOC 1709Z 259DEG 35KT 3186 8486 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

72-BUNKER

1 follow-up statement

972 
WWUS52 KTAE 311728
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
128 PM EDT Tue Mar 31 2020

GAC239-311738-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-200331T1745Z/
Quitman GA-
128 PM EDT Tue Mar 31 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN QUITMAN 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 400 PM EDT for southwestern
Georgia.

LAT...LON 3192 8438 3188 8436 3186 8431 3181 8470
      3192 8481 3193 8480 3192 8480 3192 8469
      3193 8468 3192 8468 3192 8445 3196 8444
TIME...MOT...LOC 1728Z 259DEG 35KT 3190 8465 

$$

GAC243-273-311745-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-200331T1745Z/
Randolph GA-Terrell GA-
128 PM EDT Tue Mar 31 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN RANDOLPH AND NORTHERN TERRELL COUNTIES...
        
At 128 PM EDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Weston, or 12
miles northeast of Cuthbert, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

SOURCE...Radar 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.

Locations impacted include...
Parrott, Oakville, Chambliss, Brooksville, Benevolence and Olivers
Mill.

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 3192 8438 3188 8436 3186 8431 3181 8470
      3192 8481 3193 8480 3192 8480 3192 8469
      3193 8468 3192 8468 3192 8445 3196 8444
TIME...MOT...LOC 1728Z 259DEG 35KT 3190 8465 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

72-BUNKER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 12:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay	67 min
Mar 31, 12:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Clay, Quitman, Randolph	40 min
Mar 31, 12:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Miller and 4 more	25 min
Mar 31, 1:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Decatur, Dougherty, Early and 7 more	55 min
Mar 31, 1:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Seminole	61 min
Mar 31, 1:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Grady and 6 more	62 min
Mar 31, 2:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Tift, Worth	36 min
Mar 31, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady, Seminole	63 min
Mar 31, 2:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Tift	44 min
Mar 31, 2:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes	21 min
Mar 31, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks, Lowndes, Thomas	54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.