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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 7, 2014Irwin County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2014, 2:09 PM EDT for Irwin County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min. 4 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: Apr 7, 2014, 2:09 PM EDT (18:09 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2014, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Irwin County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 7, 2:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sse Ocilla, GA	TREES DOWN ON BUSHY CREEK ROAD
Apr 7, 2:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 S Ocilla, GA	LARGE TREE DOWN ON POPPY ROAD
Apr 7, 2:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Sse Ocilla, GA	TREE DOWN BLOCKING AZALEA ROAD ON THE DIRT PART OF THE ROAD
Apr 7, 2:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Sw Ambrose, GA	TREES DOWN ON SATILLA ROAD

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
Apr 7, 8:46 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 177 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: 7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -158 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1052 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 283 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 339 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.

085 
WFUS52 KTAE 071809
TORTAE
GAC155-071845-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0004.140407T1809Z-140407T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
209 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  IRWIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 207 PM EDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR HOLT...OR NEAR OCILLA...MOVING EAST
  AT 45 MPH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR SAFER STRUCTURES.
GET TO THE LOWEST FLOOR AND PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE
TORNADO AS POSSIBLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3165 8301 3164 8301 3160 8305 3154 8306
      3147 8312 3150 8324 3163 8324 3167 8300
      3166 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 1810Z 265DEG 38KT 3156 8315

$$

9-FOURNIER

1 follow-up statement

816 
WWUS52 KTAE 071830
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
230 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014

GAC155-071840-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140407T1845Z/
IRWIN GA-
230 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 4 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 3165 8301 3164 8301 3160 8305 3154 8306
      3147 8312 3150 8324 3163 8324 3167 8300
      3166 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 265DEG 38KT 3158 8290

$$

9-FOURNIER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 6, 8:46 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	TAE	Lee	5 days
Apr 7, 3:22 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook and 12 more	14 hr
Apr 7, 12:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Baker, Early, Miller	3 hr
Apr 7, 1:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Seminole	3 hr
Apr 7, 1:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner	51 min
Apr 7, 1:40 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Seminole	3 hr
Apr 7, 1:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Berrien, Irwin, Tift	26 min
Apr 7, 1:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Colquitt, Dougherty, Mitchell, Tift, Worth	3 hr
Apr 7, 2:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Decatur, Grady	3 hr
Apr 7, 2:55 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady	3 hr
Apr 7, 3:40 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	TAE	Decatur, Miller, Seminole	3 days
Apr 7, 4:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Dougherty, Mitchell, Tift, Worth	18 hr
Apr 7, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Lowndes	49 min
Apr 7, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lanier, Lowndes	23 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.