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Tornado Warning 91, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 2, 2009Early County, Miller County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 2, 2009, 8:51 AM EST for Early County, Miller County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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 2, 2009, 8:51 AM EST (13:51 UTC)
Expired: Dec 2, 2009, 9:15 AM EST
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Early County, GA, Miller County, GA

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 2, 4:11 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 119 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: 35 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -199 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 236 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 021351
TORTAE
GAC099-201-021415-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0091.091202T1351Z-091202T1415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
851 AM EST WED DEC 2 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLAKELY...
  NORTHWESTERN MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 915 AM EST

* AT 850 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLAKELY...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BLAKELY BY 905 AM EST...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3145 8479 3143 8478 3142 8471 3116 8482
      3108 8501 3116 8506 3117 8509 3119 8510
      3125 8510 3127 8511 3130 8508 3135 8509
      3150 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 1351Z 206DEG 49KT 3123 8502

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 2, 8:26 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Early	34 min
Dec 2, 11:31 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Brooks, Grady, Thomas	89 min
Dec 2, 1:48 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Irwin	27 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.