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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 15, 2007Turner County, Worth County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 15, 2007, 9:06 PM EST for Turner County, 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: Dec 15, 2007, 9:06 PM EST (02:06 UTC)
Expired: Dec 15, 2007, 9:29 PM EST
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Dec 15, 9:20 PM EST	TORNADO 1	N Ashburn, GA	MANY TREES DOWN AND MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED BY EF1 TORNADO. SEVERAL TREES FELLED ON HOUSES AND CARS. FOUR SINGLE-WIDE MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED. 39 FRAMED HOMES DAMAGED. PEANUT WAREHOUSE HEAVILY DAMAGED. NUMEROUS PINE TREES SNAPPED JUST NORTHEAST OF ASHBURN.
Dec 15, 9:22 PM EST	TORNADO	2 Ne Ashburn, GA	* 1 FATAL * 18-WHEELER DRIVING NORTH ON I-75 NEAR MILE MARKER 83 WAS TOSSED OFF THE INTERSTATE BY EF1 TORNADO DOWN AN EMBANKMENT. ONLY OCCUPANT OF VEHICLE WAS THE DRIVER WHO DIED ON SITE.

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 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 167 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: 641 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 306 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 344 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.2
Supercell composite: 5.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 160206
TORTAE
GAC287-321-160245-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0048.071216T0206Z-071216T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
906 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 PM EST

* AT 904 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR CUFFIETOWN...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF
  ASHBURN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SIBLEY...DAKOTA AND WORTH BY 915 PM EST...
  AMBOY BY 920 PM EST...

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 1100 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3185 8349 3182 8347 3160 8384 3175 8396
      3183 8384 3182 8382 3182 8363 3187 8360
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 233DEG 48KT 3173 8381

$$

12-WATSON

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KTAE 160229
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
929 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007

GAC287-321-160239-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-071216T0245Z/
TURNER GA-WORTH GA-
929 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL WORTH AND NORTHWESTERN
TURNER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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 CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3185 8349 3182 8347 3160 8384 3175 8396
      3183 8384 3182 8382 3182 8363 3187 8360
TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 233DEG 48KT 3191 8352

$$

12-WATSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 15, 7:31 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Early, Miller	29 min
Dec 15, 7:58 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early	32 min
Dec 15, 9:01 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Turner, Worth	29 min
Dec 15, 11:57 PM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more	17 hr
Dec 16, 5:12 AM EST	Red Flag Warning	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more	38 hr
Dec 16, 3:44 PM EST	Freeze Watch	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more	23 hr
Dec 16, 3:44 PM EST	Freeze Warning	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more	17 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.