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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 15, 2007Worth County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2007, 3:22 AM EDT for Worth County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 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 15, 2007, 3:22 AM EDT (07:22 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2007, 3:45 AM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Worth County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 15, 3:23 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 Se Warwick, GAPOSSIBLE TORNADO. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. GARAGE, HOUSE AND SILOS DAMAGED. TREES BLOCKING ROADS IN THE AREA.
Apr 15, 3:23 AM EDTTORNADO 14 Se Warwick, GACONFIRMED TORNADO. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. GARAGE, HOUSE AND SILOS DAMAGED. TREES BLOCKING ROADS IN THE AREA. TORNADO RATED AS AN EF-1 WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 100 MPH. TRACK DISTANCE IN WORTH COUNTY WAS 6.5 MILES WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 200 YARDS.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 14, 11:45 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 2007-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 791 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2007-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 222 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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 150722
TORTAE
GAC321-150745-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0030.070415T0722Z-070415T0745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
322 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL WORTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 345 AM EDT

* AT 318 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR DAVIS MILL...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF
  LEESBURG...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  CUFFIETOWN

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

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 600 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
CENTRAL FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 3181 8382 3176 8379 3170 8379 3170 8396
      3176 8396 3177 8397 3183 8396 3184 8395
      3184 8389

$$

12-WATSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 8:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEClay, Early53 min
Apr 14, 9:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun57 min
Apr 14, 9:10 PM EDTTornado WarningTAECalhoun, Early50 min
Apr 14, 9:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDougherty, Terrell49 min
Apr 14, 9:57 PM EDTTornado WarningTAETerrell23 min
Apr 14, 10:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Early52 min
Apr 14, 10:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELee19 min
Apr 14, 10:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Miller50 min
Apr 14, 11:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWorth42 min
Apr 15, 12:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETurner40 min
Apr 15, 12:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEIrwin, Tift49 min
Apr 15, 3:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETurner, Worth35 min
Apr 15, 5:04 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryTAEBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more8 hr
Apr 15, 12:42 PM EDTWind AdvisoryTAEBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more8 hr
Apr 15, 3:19 PM EDTFire Weather WatchTAEBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more37 hr
Apr 15, 3:19 PM EDTRed Flag WarningTAEBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.