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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 10, 2025Randolph County, Terrell County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2025, 3:22 PM EDT for Randolph County, Terrell County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 min. 1 report 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: May 10, 2025, 3:22 PM EDT (19:22 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2025, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Randolph County, GA, Terrell County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 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
May 10, 3:28 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Shellman, GA	Several trees and a powerline were reported down in Shellman.

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
May 10, 11:22 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 78 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 718 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 246 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

040 
WFUS52 KTAE 101922
TORTAE
GAC243-273-101945-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0028.250510T1922Z-250510T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
322 PM EDT Sat May 10 2025

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

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

* Until 345 PM EDT.

* At 322 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Shellman, or 9 miles southwest of Dawson, 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 dangerous storm will be near...
  Dawson around 330 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Dawson
Municipal A/P, Graves, Oakville, Herod, Chickasawhatchee, Doverel,
Yeomans, and Bronwood.

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 3164 8457 3167 8462 3185 8462 3186 8443
      3182 8436 3170 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 1922Z 216DEG 26KT 3169 8456 

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

$$

21-WD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 1:57 AM EDT	Flood Watch	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more	43 hr
May 10, 12:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Early	64 min
May 10, 1:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Early	62 min
May 10, 2:01 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Clay, Early	29 min
May 10, 2:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Early, Miller, Quitman, Randolph and 1 more	57 min
May 10, 2:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Early, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell	4 hr
May 10, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lee, Terrell	61 min
May 10, 4:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Lee, Terrell	25 min
May 10, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lee	30 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.