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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 17, 2014Decatur County, Seminole County, Georgia; Jackson County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2014, 6:55 AM EST for Decatur County, Seminole County, Georgia; Jackson County, Florida. It was in force for 50 min. 3 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: Nov 17, 2014, 6:55 AM EST (11:55 UTC)
Expired: Nov 17, 2014, 7:45 AM EST
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Jackson County, FL, Decatur County, GA, Seminole County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:57 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 17, 6:57 AM EST	TORNADO	Grand Ridge, FL	3 MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED IN GRAND RIDGE
Nov 17, 7:20 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Wsw Hutchinson Landing, GA	A COUPLE TREES DOWN ON BOOSTER CLUB ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Nov 17, 7:30 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ssw Bainbridge, GA	A FEW TREES DOWN AT COUNTRY CLUB 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
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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 63 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.

274 
WFUS52 KTAE 171155
TORTAE
FLC063-GAC087-253-171245-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0041.141117T1155Z-141117T1245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  WESTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN SEMINOLE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 745 AM EST/645 AM CST/

* AT 554 AM CST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR INWOOD...OR 16 MILES EAST OF
  MARIANNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SNEADS...LAKE SEMINOLE...DRAKES STILL...FAIRCHILD...SEMINOLE STATE
  PARK...JINKS...RECOVERY...REYNOLDSVILLE...BETHANY...FACEVILLE...
  HANOVER AND FOWLSTOWN

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 3098 8464 3079 8451 3070 8474 3071 8486
      3070 8486 3065 8490 3062 8500 3072 8511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1155Z 241DEG 44KT 3069 8497

$$

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1 follow-up statement

206 
WWUS52 KTAE 171213
SVSTAE

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

FLC063-171224-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-141117T1245Z/
JACKSON FL-
613 AM CST MON NOV 17 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3079 8451 3071 8475 3071 8486 3074 8489
      3075 8491 3082 8494 3098 8464
TIME...MOT...LOC 1214Z 241DEG 44KT 3075 8484

$$

GAC087-253-171245-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-141117T1245Z/
DECATUR GA-SEMINOLE GA-
713 AM EST MON NOV 17 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN SEMINOLE AND WESTERN DECATUR COUNTIES...

AT 712 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE SEMINOLE...OR
21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BAINBRIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RECOVERY...REYNOLDSVILLE...BETHANY...FACEVILLE...HANOVER...FOWLSTOWN
AND DECATUR CO A/P

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 3079 8451 3071 8475 3071 8486 3074 8489
      3075 8491 3082 8494 3098 8464
TIME...MOT...LOC 1214Z 241DEG 44KT 3075 8484

$$

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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, 6:48 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas	27 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
Nov 17, 2:26 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		64 min
Nov 17, 2:28 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		92 min
Nov 17, 3:10 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Bay, Gulf	35 min
Nov 17, 3:19 AM EST	Gale Warning	TAE		24 hr
Nov 17, 3:35 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Gulf	25 min
Nov 17, 3:43 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Walton	47 min
Nov 17, 3:46 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Bay, Washington	29 min
Nov 17, 4:15 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Bay, Washington	30 min
Nov 17, 4:41 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington	49 min
Nov 17, 4:46 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Calhoun	44 min
Nov 17, 4:54 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		51 min
Nov 17, 5:20 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Gadsden, Liberty	40 min
Nov 17, 5:28 AM EST	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Bay, Gulf, Walton	5 hr
Nov 17, 6:07 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington	38 min
Nov 17, 7:52 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		113 min
Nov 17, 8:04 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Jackson	26 min
Nov 17, 8:17 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Walton, Washington	28 min
Nov 17, 8:39 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Washington	51 min
Nov 17, 8:41 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Franklin	49 min
Nov 17, 9:23 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Nov 17, 10:55 AM EST	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Franklin	8 hr
Nov 17, 10:56 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		94 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.