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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 15, 2007, 5:38 PM EST for Early County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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
- Dec 15, 2007, 5:38 PM EST (22:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2007, 6:07 PM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Early County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 5:55 PM EST | TORNADO 0 | 2 Nw Blakely, GA | SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED BY TORNADO JUST NW OF BLAKELY ON HWY 39. |
| Dec 15, 5:55 PM EST | TORNADO | 2 Nw Blakely, GA | SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED BY POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST NW OF BLAKELY ON HWY 39. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 4:47 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KTAE 152240
TORTAE
GAC099-152315-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0046.071215T2238Z-071215T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
538 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF
BLAKELY...
* UNTIL 615 PM EST
* AT 537 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF BLAKELY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BLAKELY BY 545 PM EST...
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 1100 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3149 8481 3151 8479 3143 8479 3130 8499
3128 8510 3129 8508 3140 8508 3140 8507
3149 8503
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 222DEG 42KT 3136 8503
$$
14-MROCZKA2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KTAE 152247
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
545 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007
GAC099-152315-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-071215T2315Z/
EARLY GA-
545 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EST FOR
EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
AT 545 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
FREEMAN...OR ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF BLAKELY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
EARLY CO A/P BY 550 PM EST...
FERRELL CROSSROADS AND KOLOMOKI MOUNDS SP BY 555 PM EST...
COLOMOKEE BY 600 PM EST...
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3149 8481 3151 8479 3143 8479 3130 8499
3128 8510 3129 8508 3140 8508 3140 8507
3149 8503
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 218DEG 34KT 3140 8501
$$
14-MROCZKA000
WWUS52 KTAE 152307
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
605 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007
GAC099-152315-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-071215T2315Z/
EARLY GA-
605 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EARLY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO
WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...NORTH FLORIDA AND
SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3149 8481 3151 8479 3143 8479 3130 8499
3128 8510 3129 8508 3140 8508 3140 8507
3149 8503
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 218DEG 34KT 3155 8487
$$
14-MROCZKAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 3:15 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 14 hr |
| Dec 15, 4:30 PM EST | Freeze Watch | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 23 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.