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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 14, 2007Calhoun County, Early County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2007, 9:10 PM EDT for Calhoun County, Early County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min. 2 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: Apr 14, 2007, 9:10 PM EDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2007, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Calhoun County, GA, Early County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 14, 9:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Sw Arlington, GA	POSSIBLE TORNADO. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN NORTHEAST PORTION OF COUNTY NEAR CALHOUN COUNTY LINE.
Apr 14, 9:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Arlington, GA	POSSIBLE TORNADO. DAMAGE TO A STRUCTURE WITH NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.

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
Apr 14, 4:35 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 127 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: 791 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 222 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 198 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.2
Supercell composite: 5.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 150110
TORTAE
GAC037-099-150200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0027.070415T0110Z-070415T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
910 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MORGAN...
  NORTHEASTERN EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLAKELY...

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 905 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR BLAKELY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ARLINGTON BY 930 PM EDT...
  MORGAN BY 945 PM EDT...
  6 MILES NORTH OF LEARY BY 955 PM EDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT SUNDAY MORNING 
FOR SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3149 8498 3135 8497 3143 8462 3144 8447
      3159 8456 3150 8482

$$

38-GODSEY

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KTAE 150129
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
928 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2007

GAC099-150138-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-070415T0200Z/
EARLY GA-
928 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EARLY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXITED EARLY COUNTY 
AND MOVED INTO CALHOUN COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS 
BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM 
EDT FOR EARLY COUNTY

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT SUNDAY MORNING 
FOR SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3156 8479 3144 8479 3153 8444 3162 8467

$$

GAC037-150200-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-070415T0200Z/
CALHOUN GA-
928 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR CALHOUN
COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

AT 925 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PARKSVILLE...OR 
ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF MORGAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  EDISON BY 935 PM EDT...
  DICKEY BY 940 PM EDT...
  MORGAN BY 945 PM EDT...
  CORDRAYS MILL BY 955 PM EDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT SUNDAY MORNING 
FOR SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. 

LAT...LON 3156 8479 3144 8479 3153 8444 3162 8467

$$

38-GODSEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 8:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Early	53 min
Apr 14, 9:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun	57 min
Apr 14, 9:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dougherty, Terrell	49 min
Apr 14, 9:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Terrell	23 min
Apr 14, 10:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Early	52 min
Apr 14, 10:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lee	19 min
Apr 14, 10:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Miller	50 min
Apr 14, 11:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Worth	42 min
Apr 15, 12:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Turner	40 min
Apr 15, 12:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Irwin, Tift	49 min
Apr 15, 3:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Turner, Worth	35 min
Apr 15, 3:22 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Worth	23 min
Apr 15, 5:04 AM EDT	Lake Wind Advisory	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more	8 hr
Apr 15, 12:42 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more	8 hr
Apr 15, 3:19 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more	37 hr
Apr 15, 3:19 PM EDT	Red Flag Warning	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more	30 hr

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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.