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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 8, 2006Miller County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 8, 2006, 7:51 PM EDT for Miller 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 8, 2006, 7:51 PM EDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired: Aug 8, 2006, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Miller County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 98 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: 2159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 082351
TORTAE
GAC201-090015-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0024.060808T2351Z-060809T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
751 PM EDT TUE AUG 8 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLQUITT

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 748 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 6 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF COLQUITT...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  COLQUITT BY 800 PM EDT...

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3127 8469 3125 8489 3107 8492 3106 8467

$$

18-WOOL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 8, 1:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Miller	23 min
Aug 8, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Lanier	44 min
Aug 8, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Quitman	41 min
Aug 8, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Thomas	33 min
Aug 8, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Worth	26 min
Aug 8, 7:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Grady, Mitchell	38 min
Aug 8, 7:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Miller	32 min
Aug 8, 7:46 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Early	29 min
Aug 8, 7:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur	54 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.