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Tornado Warning 75, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 16, 2020, 5:04 PM EDT for Brooks County, Colquitt County, Thomas County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 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, 5:04 PM EDT (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2020, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Brooks County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Thomas County, GA
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 85 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
361
WFUS52 KTAE 162104
TORTAE
GAC027-071-275-162145-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0075.200916T2104Z-200916T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
504 PM EDT Wed Sep 16 2020
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Thomas County in south central Georgia...
Northwestern Brooks County in south central Georgia...
Southeastern Colquitt County in south central Georgia...
* Until 545 PM EDT.
* At 504 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Pavo, or 13 miles northwest of Quitman, moving
north at 20 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...
Pavo around 515 PM EDT.
Moultrie around 540 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Hollis, Barwick, Spence Airport, Autreyville and Berlin.
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 3085 8368 3087 8382 3114 8378 3115 8358
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 191DEG 19KT 3091 8373
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
42-DVD1 follow-up statement
093
WWUS52 KTAE 162109
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
509 PM EDT Wed Sep 16 2020
GAC027-071-275-162145-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-200916T2145Z/
Thomas GA-Brooks GA-Colquitt GA-
509 PM EDT Wed Sep 16 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN THOMAS...NORTHWESTERN BROOKS AND SOUTHEASTERN COLQUITT
COUNTIES...
At 509 PM EDT, a confirmed tornado was located over Pavo, or 15 miles
south of Moultrie, moving north at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornado will be near...
Moultrie around 540 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Hollis, Spence Airport, Autreyville and Berlin.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3091 8370 3092 8381 3114 8378 3115 8358
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 185DEG 20KT 3096 8375
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
42-DVDThe 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 | 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, 4:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Cook | 27 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, 5:17 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 |
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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.