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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 16, 2020Colquitt County, Cook County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 16, 2020, 4:33 PM EDT for Colquitt County, Cook County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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: Sep 16, 2020, 4:33 PM EDT (20:33 UTC)
Expired: Sep 16, 2020, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 16, 6:55 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	14 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 112 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: 181 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 788 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 286 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 397 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 2.4

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The text

As transmitted.

193 
WFUS52 KTAE 162033
TORTAE
GAC071-075-162100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0072.200916T2033Z-200916T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
433 PM EDT Wed Sep 16 2020

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Cook County in south central Georgia...
  East central Colquitt County in south central Georgia...

* Until 500 PM EDT.
    
* At 433 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Adel, moving north at 15 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...
  Sparks around 450 PM EDT.
  Adel around 455 PM EDT.
  Lenox around 500 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Reed
Bingham State Park, Cook Co A/P, Cool Spring, Staunton, Ellenton,
Massee, Greggs, Barneyville, Pine Valley and Flat Ford.

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 3103 8347 3104 8349 3105 8350 3105 8355
      3108 8357 3107 8358 3124 8367 3130 8343
      3126 8338 3125 8336 3103 8332
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 163DEG 15KT 3107 8345 

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

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 16, 12:06 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TAE	Decatur, Seminole	16 hr
Sep 16, 12:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady	95 min
Sep 16, 2:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas	55 min
Sep 16, 2:29 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Lee and 5 more	12 hr
Sep 16, 3:43 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Grady, Thomas	8 hr
Sep 16, 4:06 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Worth	11 hr
Sep 16, 4:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Brooks, Thomas	30 min
Sep 16, 4:47 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Brooks, Cook, Lowndes	28 min
Sep 16, 4:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Colquitt	53 min
Sep 16, 5:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Brooks, Colquitt, Thomas	41 min
Sep 16, 5:17 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Worth	28 min
Sep 16, 5:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Berrien, Cook, Irwin, Tift, Turner	10 hr

Nearby

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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.