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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 25, 2023, 1:35 PM EDT for Berrien County, Colquitt County, Cook County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 min. 4 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
- Mar 25, 2023, 1:35 PM EDT (17:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2023, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Berrien County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:35 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 1:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Adel, GA | COUPLE OF DOWNED POWERLINES. 1 TREE FELL ON A VEHICLE, DAMAGING ITS ROOF. COUPLE OF TREE TOPS BROKE OFF AND LANDED ON ROOFS. |
| Mar 25, 1:53 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Cook Co A/P, GA | TREE DOWN ON COUNTY FARM RD AT MCCONNEL BRIDGE RD. |
| Mar 25, 1:53 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ene Reed Bingham Stat, GA | POWER OUTAGES AND A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN ACROSS OLD UNION ROAD. |
| Mar 25, 2:09 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nnw Nashville, GA | TREE DOWN ON NASHVILLE ENIGMA RD NEAR THE NASHVILLE CITY LIMITS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 11:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 285 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 526 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
144
WFUS52 KTAE 251735
TORTAE
GAC019-071-075-251800-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0039.230325T1735Z-230325T1800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
135 PM EDT Sat Mar 25 2023
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Cook County in south central Georgia...
Southwestern Berrien County in south central Georgia...
East central Colquitt County in south central Georgia...
* Until 200 PM EDT.
* At 134 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles southeast of Norman Park, or 9 miles east of
Moultrie, moving east at 45 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...
Adel and Sparks around 150 PM EDT.
Nashville and Ray City around 200 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Reed
Bingham State Park, Cottle, Cook Co A/P, Cool Spring, Berrien Co A/P,
New Lois, Ellenton, Massee, Barneyville and Flat Ford.
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 3106 8319 3106 8320 3103 8320 3113 8368
3123 8365 3131 8323 3120 8317 3110 8317
TIME...MOT...LOC 1734Z 278DEG 37KT 3116 8361
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
21-WDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 9:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun, Early | 59 min |
| Mar 25, 10:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early | 15 min |
| Mar 25, 10:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Miller, Mitchell and 1 more | 64 min |
| Mar 25, 10:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Early, Seminole | 55 min |
| Mar 25, 11:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Mitchell | 45 min |
| Mar 25, 11:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Baker, Dougherty, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole | 62 min |
| Mar 25, 12:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Miller, Mitchell | 48 min |
| Mar 25, 12:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Mitchell | 28 min |
| Mar 25, 12:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Mitchell, Tift, Worth | 53 min |
| Mar 25, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Berrien, Irwin, Tift | 60 min |
| Mar 25, 1:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Berrien, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes | 30 min |
| Mar 25, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Cook, Lanier | 40 min |
| Mar 25, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Early, Seminole | 49 min |
| Mar 25, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Early, Miller, Seminole | 50 min |
| Mar 25, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Decatur, Grady, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole and 1 more | 38 min |
| Mar 25, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Randolph, Terrell | 30 min |
| Mar 25, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Grady, Thomas | 49 min |
| Mar 25, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun, Early | 41 min |
| Mar 25, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Quitman | 40 min |
| Mar 25, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Early | 19 min |
| Mar 25, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lowndes, Thomas | 67 min |
| Mar 25, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Clay, Randolph | 48 min |
| Mar 25, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Clay, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell | 25 min |
| Mar 25, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lanier | 56 min |
| Mar 25, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Quitman | 27 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.