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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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.
- 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
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-FOURNIERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 3:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Mitchell, Thomas | 25 min |
| Dec 30, 3:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Berrien, Cook, Irwin, Tift | 37 min |
| Dec 30, 3:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Cook | 23 min |
| Dec 30, 4:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Berrien, Cook | 19 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.