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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 30, 2007Colquitt County, Cook County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 30, 2007, 3:37 PM EST for Colquitt County, Cook County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 30, 2007, 3:37 PM EST (20:37 UTC)
Expired
Dec 30, 2007, 4:00 PM EST
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 2007-12-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2007-12-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
620 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 302038
TORTAE
GAC071-075-302100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0051.071230T2037Z-071230T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
337 PM EST SUN DEC 30 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  WESTERN COOK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 400 PM EST

* AT 333 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR SPENCE A/P...OR JUST SOUTHEAST OF        
  MOULTRIE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ELLENTON BY 345 PM EST...
  BURNEY HILL AND REED BINGHAM SP BY 350 PM EST...
  COOK CO A/P AND FLAT FORD BY 355 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.

LAT...LON 3124 8346 3109 8343 3107 8373 3117 8375
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 259DEG 36KT 3114 8368

$$

85-GIBBS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 30, 3:05 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEColquitt, Mitchell, Thomas25 min
Dec 30, 3:08 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEBerrien, Cook, Irwin, Tift37 min
Dec 30, 3:56 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEBerrien, Colquitt, Cook34 min
Dec 30, 4:26 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEBerrien, Cook19 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.