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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 30, 20134 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 30, 2013, 5:38 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report 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: Jan 30, 2013, 5:38 PM EST (22:38 UTC)
Expired: Jan 30, 2013, 6:15 PM EST
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Baker County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 30, 5:43 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Morgan, GA	A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN AROUND THE COUNTY.

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
Jan 30, 1:19 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 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-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: 40 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 210 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.

171 
WFUS52 KTAE 302238
TORTAE
GAC007-037-095-099-302315-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0002.130130T2238Z-130130T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
538 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BAKER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  WESTERN DOUGHERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  NORTHEASTERN EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 615 PM EST

* AT 535 PM EST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR ARLINGTON...OR NEAR ROWENA...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MORGAN AND LEARY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR SAFER STRUCTURES.
MOVE TO A HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND
OUTSIDE WALLS.

&&

LAT...LON 3162 8440 3142 8435 3130 8477 3146 8486
      3162 8450
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 241DEG 51KT 3140 8474

$$

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1 follow-up statement

163 
WWUS52 KTAE 302247
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
547 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

GAC099-302257-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130130T2315Z/
EARLY GA-
547 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN EARLY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWEST
FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3135 8462 3143 8464 3144 8469 3147 8470
      3162 8450 3162 8440 3142 8435
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 241DEG 51KT 3147 8459

$$

GAC007-037-095-302315-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130130T2315Z/
BAKER GA-CALHOUN GA-DOUGHERTY GA-
547 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EST FOR WESTERN
DOUGHERTY...EASTERN CALHOUN AND NORTHWESTERN BAKER COUNTIES IN
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

AT 543 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COMMISSARY HILL...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MORGAN...LEARY...BERMUDA...HOLT AND OAK HILL

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST THURSDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL
FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3135 8462 3143 8464 3144 8469 3147 8470
      3162 8450 3162 8440 3142 8435
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 241DEG 51KT 3147 8459

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 30, 3:28 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Quitman	47 min
Jan 30, 3:41 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Lee, Terrell	34 min
Jan 30, 4:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Quitman, Randolph	45 min
Jan 30, 4:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Miller and 3 more	61 min
Jan 30, 5:21 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady, Seminole	54 min
Jan 30, 5:53 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Dougherty, Lee, Miller and 5 more	67 min
Jan 30, 5:54 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Decatur, Seminole	36 min
Jan 30, 6:06 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, Worth	24 min
Jan 30, 6:09 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Baker, Colquitt, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth	36 min
Jan 30, 6:13 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady, Thomas	62 min
Jan 30, 6:15 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Baker, Colquitt, Mitchell	30 min
Jan 30, 6:33 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Lee, Tift, Turner, Worth	27 min
Jan 30, 6:51 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Lanier and 4 more	54 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.