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Tornado Warning 61, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 31, 2021Quitman County, Randolph County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 31, 2021, 7:21 PM EDT for Quitman County, Randolph County, Georgia. It was in force for 13 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: Aug 31, 2021, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 31, 2021, 7:34 PM EDT
In force: 13 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 209 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 708 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 283 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 351 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 2.5

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The text

As transmitted.

512 
WFUS52 KTAE 312321
TORTAE
GAC239-243-312345-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0061.210831T2321Z-210831T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
721 PM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Randolph County in southwestern Georgia...
  East central Quitman County in southwestern Georgia...

* Until 745 PM EDT.
    
* At 720 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 10 miles east of Georgetown, moving northeast at 30
  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 Randolph and east central Quitman Counties.

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 3193 8494 3193 8492 3192 8491 3192 8483
      3189 8480 3186 8494 3191 8497 3194 8494
      3194 8493
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 246DEG 24KT 3190 8492 

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

$$

25-CAMP

1 follow-up statement

004 
WWUS52 KTAE 312334
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
734 PM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021

GAC239-243-312344-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0061.000000T0000Z-210831T2345Z/
Randolph GA-Quitman GA-
734 PM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN RANDOLPH AND EAST CENTRAL
QUITMAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3193 8494 3193 8492 3192 8491 3192 8483
      3189 8480 3186 8494 3191 8497 3194 8494
      3194 8493
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 246DEG 24KT 3194 8482 

$$

25-CAMP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 31, 6:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Miller, Seminole	63 min
Aug 31, 7:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Seminole	30 min
Aug 31, 9:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Early	48 min
Aug 31, 10:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Seminole	37 min
Aug 31, 11:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Tift, Turner	23 min
Aug 31, 11:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill, Berrien, Cook, Irwin, Tift	37 min
Aug 31, 11:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks	35 min
Aug 31, 12:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill, Berrien, Cook, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes and 1 more	62 min
Aug 31, 12:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Seminole	59 min
Aug 31, 12:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes	50 min
Aug 31, 1:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks, Thomas	64 min
Aug 31, 2:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady, Thomas	26 min
Aug 31, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay	39 min
Aug 31, 7:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Quitman	23 min
Aug 31, 7:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Clay, Early	17 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.