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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 15, 2007Early County, Georgia

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 15, 5:55 PM ESTTORNADO 02 Nw Blakely, GASEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED BY TORNADO JUST NW OF BLAKELY ON HWY 39.
Dec 15, 5:55 PM ESTTORNADO2 Nw Blakely, GASEVERAL 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 15, 4:47 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2007-12-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 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 12:00Z on 2007-12-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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-MROCZKA
2 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-MROCZKA
000 
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-MROCZKA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 15, 3:15 PM ESTFire Weather WatchTAEBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more14 hr
Dec 15, 4:30 PM ESTFreeze WatchTAEBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more23 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.