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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 17, 20144 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2014, 6:48 AM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 27 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: Nov 17, 2014, 6:48 AM EST (11:48 UTC)
Expired: Nov 17, 2014, 7:15 AM EST
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Colquitt County, GA, Grady County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Thomas County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 17, 2:32 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Nov 17, 6:11 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 72 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: 15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 183 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.

542 
WFUS52 KTAE 171148
TORTAE
GAC071-131-205-275-171230-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0040.141117T1148Z-141117T1230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
648 AM EST MON NOV 17 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHWESTERN THOMAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHERN GRADY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PELHAM...

* UNTIL 730 AM EST

* AT 647 AM EST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 13 MILES WEST OF OCHLOCKNEE...OR 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF CAIRO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  ELPINO...CAPEL...AKRIDGE...SPENCE...QUALITY...COTTON...CHASTAIN...
  HINSONTON AND LANEY.

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 3103 8386 3088 8426 3098 8438 3099 8437
      3125 8404
TIME...MOT...LOC 1148Z 232DEG 36KT 3097 8426

$$

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2 follow-up statements

306 
WWUS52 KTAE 171156
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
656 AM EST MON NOV 17 2014

GAC071-131-205-275-171230-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-141117T1230Z/
THOMAS GA-MITCHELL GA-COLQUITT GA-GRADY GA-
656 AM EST MON NOV 17 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN GRADY...SOUTHWESTERN COLQUITT...SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL
AND NORTHWESTERN THOMAS COUNTIES...

AT 654 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SPENCE...OR 8
MILES SOUTH OF PELHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
OCHLOCKNEE...QUALITY...COTTON...CHASTAIN...HINSONTON AND LANEY

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 3103 8386 3093 8417 3105 8430 3125 8404
TIME...MOT...LOC 1157Z 232DEG 36KT 3103 8417

$$

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826 
WWUS52 KTAE 171215
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
715 AM EST MON NOV 17 2014

GAC071-131-205-275-171225-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-141117T1230Z/
THOMAS GA-MITCHELL GA-COLQUITT GA-GRADY GA-
715 AM EST MON NOV 17 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GRADY...SOUTHWESTERN
COLQUITT...SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL AND NORTHWESTERN THOMAS COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

ROTATION HAS WEAKENED...BUT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN 
AFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST WITH DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH STILL 
POSSIBLE.

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 LAW
ENFORCEMENT.

LAT...LON 3103 8386 3093 8417 3105 8430 3125 8404
TIME...MOT...LOC 1215Z 232DEG 36KT 3115 8399

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 17, 3:07 AM EST	Freeze Warning	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more	31 hr
Nov 17, 3:07 AM EST	Hard Freeze Watch	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more	24 hr
Nov 17, 5:45 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Decatur	45 min
Nov 17, 6:17 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady	43 min
Nov 17, 6:20 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Baker, Decatur, Miller, Mitchell	40 min
Nov 17, 6:55 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Decatur, Seminole	50 min
Nov 17, 7:03 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Colquitt, Decatur, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas	57 min
Nov 17, 7:45 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Grady, Mitchell	30 min
Nov 17, 7:47 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas	28 min
Nov 17, 8:08 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas	52 min
Nov 17, 9:00 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Seminole	45 min
Nov 17, 1:47 PM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt and 17 more	19 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.