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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 17, 2014Colquitt County, Grady County, Mitchell County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2014, 7:45 AM EST for Colquitt County, Grady County, Mitchell County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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
Nov 17, 2014, 7:45 AM EST (12:45 UTC)
Expired
Nov 17, 2014, 8:15 AM EST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

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

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:48 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 17, 7:55 AM ESTTSTM WND DMG4 Ne Pelham, GAFEW TREES DOWN ON HWY 93 NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH HWY 37. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Nov 17, 8:02 AM ESTTSTM WND DMG3 E Sale City, GASEVERAL TREES DOWN ON THIGPEN TRAIL.
Nov 17, 8:05 AM ESTTSTM WND DMG3 Ne Sale City, GASEVERAL TREES DOWN ON GRANTHAM ROAD NEAR THIGPEN TRAIL.
Nov 17, 8:20 AM ESTTSTM WND DMG3 Se Doerun, GATWO TREES DOWN ON HAGIN STILL 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 17, 2:32 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Nov 17, 6:11 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 97 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2014-11-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 362 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2014-11-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 360 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
362 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
558 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
360 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
411 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
5.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

607 
WFUS52 KTAE 171245
TORTAE
GAC071-131-205-171315-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0042.141117T1245Z-141117T1315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 AM EST

* AT 743 AM EST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR PELHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

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

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 3123 8375 3104 8421 3116 8431 3134 8396
      3134 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 1245Z 240DEG 42KT 3113 8418

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 17, 3:07 AM ESTFreeze WarningTAEBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more31 hr
Nov 17, 3:07 AM ESTHard Freeze WatchTAEBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more24 hr
Nov 17, 5:45 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEDecatur45 min
Nov 17, 6:17 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEDecatur, Grady43 min
Nov 17, 6:20 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEBaker, Decatur, Miller, Mitchell40 min
Nov 17, 6:48 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEColquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas27 min
Nov 17, 6:55 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEDecatur, Seminole50 min
Nov 17, 7:03 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Colquitt, Decatur, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas57 min
Nov 17, 7:47 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEDecatur, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas28 min
Nov 17, 8:08 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEColquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas52 min
Nov 17, 9:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Seminole45 min
Nov 17, 1:47 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryTAEBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt and 17 more19 hr

Nearby

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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.