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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 3:23 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Se Warwick, GA | POSSIBLE TORNADO. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. GARAGE, HOUSE AND SILOS DAMAGED. TREES BLOCKING ROADS IN THE AREA. |
| Apr 15, 3:23 AM EDT | TORNADO 1 | 4 Se Warwick, GA | CONFIRMED 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 11:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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-WATSONThe 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, 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, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.