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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 29, 1998Early County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 29, 1998, 12:27 AM EDT for Early County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 29, 1998, 12:27 AM EDT (04:27 UTC)
Expired
Sep 29, 1998, 1:05 AM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Early County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 28, 11:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC12 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 118 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 1998-09-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 855 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 1998-09-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
855 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
836 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

528 
WFUS1 KTLH 290429 RRA
TORTLH
GAC099-290505-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1227 AM EDT TUE SEP 29 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 105 AM EDT

* AT 1225 AM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTH OF DAMASCUS MOVING NORTH AT 40
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE...
DAMASCUS                   BY 1240 AM EDT


THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 29, 12:35 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEMiller25 min
Sep 29, 4:36 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEGrady, Mitchell49 min
Sep 29, 5:22 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEGrady, Mitchell63 min
Sep 29, 6:14 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEDougherty, Mitchell61 min
Sep 29, 4:25 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEDecatur, Seminole30 min
Sep 29, 4:30 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEWorth30 min
Sep 29, 5:25 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEDecatur35 min
Sep 29, 5:36 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEWorth29 min

Nearby

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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.