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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 30, 20134 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 30, 2013, 6:33 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 27 min. 2 reports 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, 6:33 PM EST (23:33 UTC)
Expired: Jan 30, 2013, 7:00 PM EST
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lee County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 30, 6:40 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Ashburn, GA	SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON FOUR DIFFERENT ROADS IN THE COUNTY.
Jan 30, 7:10 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ene Inaha, GA	TREE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 32 BETWEEN I-75 AND THE IRWIN-TURNER COUNTY LINE. VIA WALB-TV FACEBOOK PAGE.

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
Jan 30, 5:45 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 152 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.

301 
WFUS52 KTAE 302333
TORTAE
GAC177-277-287-321-310000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0008.130130T2333Z-130131T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN TIFT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  TURNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHERN WORTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 700 PM EST

* AT 631 PM EST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF SYLVESTER...OR NEAR
  RED ROCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  ASHBURN

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 3185 8348 3170 8346 3169 8349 3158 8350
      3146 8397 3156 8398 3158 8400 3163 8401
      3165 8399 3165 8401 3169 8402 3182 8383
      3181 8362 3186 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 238DEG 51KT 3166 8390

$$

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1 follow-up statement

643 
WWUS52 KTAE 302347
SVSTAE

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

GAC177-302357-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/
LEE GA-
647 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST THURSDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3185 8348 3170 8346 3169 8349 3158 8350
      3153 8376 3161 8378 3181 8379 3181 8362
      3186 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 261DEG 39KT 3165 8372

$$

GAC277-287-321-310000-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/
TURNER GA-TIFT GA-WORTH GA-
647 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR EAST
CENTRAL WORTH...NORTHWESTERN TIFT AND TURNER COUNTIES...

AT 645 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FIVE POINTS...
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SIBLEY...DAKOTA...WORTH...ASHBURN...SYCAMORE...TURNER CO AIRPORT...
INAHA...SUNSWEET...AMBOY AND REBECCA

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3185 8348 3170 8346 3169 8349 3158 8350
      3153 8376 3161 8378 3181 8379 3181 8362
      3186 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 261DEG 39KT 3165 8372

$$

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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, 5:38 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early	37 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, 6:51 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.