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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 14, 2007Terrell County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2007, 9:57 PM EDT for Terrell County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 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: Apr 14, 2007, 9:57 PM EDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2007, 10:20 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Terrell County, GA

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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 145 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 150158
TORTAE
GAC273-150245-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0028.070415T0157Z-070415T0245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DAWSON...

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT

* AT 956 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DAWSON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF MORGAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DAWSON BY 1010 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 3169 8454 3162 8453 3162 8437 3180 8427
      3179 8444

$$

38-GODSEY

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KTAE 150220
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1018 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2007

GAC273-150228-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-070415T0245Z/
TERRELL GA-
1018 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN TERRELL COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

EVEN THOUGH THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED...A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TERRELL COUNTY UNTIL 1030 
PM EDT. THIS STORM IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP 
TO 60 MPH. 

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 3169 8454 3162 8453 3162 8437 3180 8427
      3179 8444

$$

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, 9:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Early	50 min
Apr 14, 9:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dougherty, Terrell	49 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

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.