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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 15, 2021, 4:30 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 19 min. 2 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
- Feb 15, 2021, 4:30 PM EST (21:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2021, 4:49 PM EST
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Baker County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Early County, GA, Miller County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 4:38 PM EST | TORNADO | 1 Ene Damascus, GA | *** 1 INJ *** REPORT FROM EMERGENCY MANAGER IN EARLY COUNTY OF SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO 1 DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOME AND 1 SINGLE FAMILY HOME NEAR DAMASCUS. 1 INJURY REPORTED. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Feb 15, 4:46 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 65 | 1 Nw Iveys Mill, GA | AG STATION WITH UGA IN NORTHWEST BAKER COUNTY REPORTED A 65MPH WIND GUST. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 12:55 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 303 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
789
WFUS52 KTAE 152130
TORTAE
GAC007-037-099-201-152200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0010.210215T2130Z-210215T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
430 PM EST Mon Feb 15 2021
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Miller County in southwestern Georgia...
Northwestern Baker County in southwestern Georgia...
South central Calhoun County in southwestern Georgia...
East central Early County in southwestern Georgia...
* Until 500 PM EST.
* At 430 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Colquitt, moving northeast at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
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...
Colquitt around 435 PM EST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Iveys
Mill, Damascus, Crestview, Douglasville, Mayhaw, Hawkinstown,
Commissary Hill, Mimsville, Enterprise and Harmony Church Rd/hwy 45.
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 3108 8486 3115 8491 3149 8466 3126 8442
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 229DEG 52KT 3114 8484
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
11-MM2 follow-up statements
881
WWUS52 KTAE 152139
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
439 PM EST Mon Feb 15 2021
GAC007-037-099-201-152200-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-210215T2200Z/
Miller GA-Baker GA-Calhoun GA-Early GA-
439 PM EST Mon Feb 15 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL MILLER...NORTHWESTERN BAKER...SOUTH CENTRAL CALHOUN AND EAST
CENTRAL EARLY COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
At 439 PM EST, a confirmed tornado was located 8 miles south of
Arlington, or 10 miles north of Colquitt, moving northeast at 65 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
north central Miller, northwestern Baker, south central Calhoun and
east central Early Counties in southwestern Georgia, including the
following locations... Commissary Hill, Iveys Mill, Milford,
Damascus, Crestview, Harmony Church Rd/hwy 45, Douglasville, Old
Damascus, Jeterville and Bethany.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3122 8472 3128 8480 3141 8472 3149 8466
3135 8451
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 223DEG 54KT 3131 8469
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
11-MM740
WWUS52 KTAE 152149
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
449 PM EST Mon Feb 15 2021
GAC007-037-099-201-152159-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-210215T2200Z/
Miller GA-Baker GA-Calhoun GA-Early GA-
449 PM EST Mon Feb 15 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MILLER...NORTHWESTERN
BAKER...SOUTH CENTRAL CALHOUN AND EAST CENTRAL EARLY COUNTIES IN
SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EST for southwestern
Georgia.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Tallahassee.
Remember, a Tornado Warning still remains in effect.
LAT...LON 3122 8472 3128 8480 3141 8472 3149 8466
3135 8451
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 229DEG 52KT 3141 8456
$$
11-MMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 2:39 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Early, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell | 20 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes | 55 min |
| Feb 15, 4:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Decatur, Dougherty, Early and 6 more | 59 min |
| Feb 15, 4:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 57 min |
| Feb 15, 4:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Miller, Seminole | 16 min |
| Feb 15, 4:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early | 17 min |
| Feb 15, 4:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Decatur, Dougherty, Grady, Lee and 3 more | 38 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.