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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 17, 20144 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2014, 7:47 AM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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, 7:47 AM EST (12:47 UTC)
Expired: Nov 17, 2014, 8:15 AM EST
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Decatur County, GA, Grady County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Thomas County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 71 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 17, 7:55 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ne Pelham, GA	FEW TREES DOWN ON HWY 93 NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH HWY 37. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

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 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 71 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: 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.

063 
WFUS52 KTAE 171247
TORTAE
GAC087-131-205-275-171315-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0043.141117T1247Z-141117T1315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 AM EST

* AT 745 AM EST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PELHAM...OR NEAR
  BAINBRIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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

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 3120 8410 3098 8398 3086 8452 3093 8455
TIME...MOT...LOC 1246Z 244DEG 37KT 3092 8448

$$

9-FOURNIER

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, 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.