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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 30, 2007Berrien County, Colquitt County, Cook County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 30, 2007, 3:56 PM EST for Berrien County, Colquitt County, Cook County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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, 3:56 PM EST (20:56 UTC)
Expired
Dec 30, 2007, 4:30 PM EST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Berrien County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 125 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°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 302057
TORTAE
GAC019-071-075-302130-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0052.071230T2056Z-071230T2130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BERRIEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NASHVILLE...
  EAST CENTRAL COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHERN COOK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ADEL...

* UNTIL 430 PM EST

* AT 350 PM EST...A SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD OVER 
  ELLENTON MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LENOX BY 405 PM EST...
  8 MILES NORTHWEST OF NASHVILLE BY 420 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 3140 8327 3116 8316 3106 8369 3116 8375
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 243DEG 31KT 3121 8352

$$

85-GIBBS
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KTAE 302108
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
407 PM EST SUN DEC 30 2007

GAC019-071-075-302130-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-071230T2130Z/
COLQUITT GA-COOK GA-BERRIEN GA-
407 PM EST SUN DEC 30 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EST FOR WESTERN
BERRIEN...NORTHERN COOK AND EAST CENTRAL COLQUITT COUNTIES...

AT 4 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD AT THE 
FIRST REST STOP ON I75 IN COOK COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  COTTLE BY 415 PM EST...
  NASHVILLE BY 420 PM EST...
  BERRIEN CO A/P BY 425 PM EST...

LAT...LON 3140 8327 3116 8316 3107 8366 3117 8373
      3136 8334
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 252DEG 33KT 3122 8341

$$

9-FOURNIER

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, 3:37 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEColquitt, Cook23 min
Dec 30, 4:26 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEBerrien, Cook19 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.