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Tornado Warning 76, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 16, 2020, 5:17 PM EDT for Worth County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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, 5:17 PM EDT (21:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2020, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Worth County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 149 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.
621
WFUS52 KTAE 162117
TORTAE
GAC321-162200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0076.200916T2117Z-200916T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
517 PM EDT Wed Sep 16 2020
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Worth County in south central Georgia...
* Until 600 PM EDT.
* At 517 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Sylvester, moving north at 25 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Worth County, including the following locations... Red
Rock, Warwick, Gammage, Sylvester Airport, Isabella, Doles,
Oakfield and Acree.
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 3184 8386 3182 8385 3183 8384 3180 8380
3162 8380 3161 8383 3152 8385 3152 8400
3155 8400 3156 8398 3157 8400 3163 8401
3165 8399 3165 8401 3174 8401 3177 8399
3180 8401 3180 8398 3183 8397 3185 8395
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 185DEG 20KT 3159 8389
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
42-DVD1 follow-up statement
008
WWUS52 KTAE 162145
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
545 PM EDT Wed Sep 16 2020
GAC321-162155-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-200916T2200Z/
Worth GA-
545 PM EDT Wed Sep 16 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WORTH COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Tallahassee.
LAT...LON 3184 8386 3182 8385 3183 8384 3180 8380
3162 8380 3161 8383 3152 8385 3152 8400
3155 8400 3156 8398 3157 8400 3163 8401
3165 8399 3165 8401 3174 8401 3177 8399
3180 8401 3180 8398 3183 8397 3185 8395
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 185DEG 20KT 3175 8387
$$
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, 5:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Brooks, Colquitt, Thomas | 41 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.