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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 13, 2006Colquitt County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2006, 3:58 PM EST for Colquitt County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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: Jan 13, 2006, 3:58 PM EST (20:58 UTC)
Expired: Jan 13, 2006, 4:30 PM EST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Colquitt County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 13, 4:30 PM EST	TORNADO	1 Se Crosland, GA	TORNADO SPOTTED MOVING EAST NORTHEAST NEAR LIVINGSTON BRIDGE ROAD. DAMAGE TO ONE HOME AND TWO CHICKEN COOPS.

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
Jan 13, 1:03 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 110 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: 42 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -179 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 782 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 176 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 132058
TORTAE
GAC071-132130-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0007.060113T2058Z-060113T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
358 PM EST FRI JAN 13 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 430 PM EST

* AT 355 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  DEVELOPING TORNADO ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOULTRIE...MOVING    
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  NORMAN PARK BY 410 PM EST)...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833.

LAT...LON 3126 8355 3122 8385 3121 8386 3121 8392
      3128 8393 3133 8385 3132 8371 3133 8369
      3133 8362

$$

12-WATSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 12, 10:15 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more	12 hr
Jan 13, 1:47 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Early	28 min
Jan 13, 2:03 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Randolph	27 min
Jan 13, 2:39 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Terrell	36 min
Jan 13, 3:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Miller, Mitchell	25 min
Jan 13, 3:35 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Mitchell	25 min
Jan 13, 4:22 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Colquitt	23 min
Jan 13, 4:31 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Cook, Tift	29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.