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Tornado Warning 66, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 31, 2021Calhoun County, Randolph County, Terrell County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 31, 2021, 8:36 PM EDT for Calhoun County, Randolph County, Terrell County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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, 8:36 PM EDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired: Aug 31, 2021, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Calhoun County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Terrell County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 141 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: 619 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 814 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 170 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.4

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The text

As transmitted.

184 
WFUS52 KTAE 010036
TORTAE
GAC037-243-273-010100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0066.210901T0036Z-210901T0100Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Randolph County in southwestern Georgia...
  Northeastern Calhoun County in southwestern Georgia...
  Southwestern Terrell County in southwestern Georgia...

* Until 900 PM EDT.
    
* At 835 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Edison, or 7 miles northwest of Morgan, moving
  east 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
  southeastern Randolph, northeastern Calhoun and southwestern
  Terrell Counties in southwestern Georgia, including the following
  locations... Aycock Mill, Fountain Bridge, Martins Crossroads and
  Doverel.

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 3158 8472 3163 8475 3176 8455 3160 8447
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 250DEG 23KT 3162 8469 

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

$$

25-CAMP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 31, 8:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Randolph	26 min
Sep 1, 6:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Colquitt, Dougherty, Tift	49 min
Sep 1, 6:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Colquitt, Cook, Dougherty, Mitchell, Tift and 1 more	44 min
Sep 1, 7:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier	63 min
Sep 1, 7:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes	61 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.