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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 23, 2014Lowndes County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 23, 2014, 1:58 PM EST for Lowndes County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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: Dec 23, 2014, 1:58 PM EST (18:58 UTC)
Expired: Dec 23, 2014, 2:30 PM EST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Lowndes County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:01 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
Dec 23, 1:58 PM EST	TORNADO	3 Ssw I-75 At Exit 16, GA	TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN. TREES DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 116 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: 322 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 604 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 360 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 424 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

344 
WFUS52 KTAE 231858
TORTAE
GAC185-231930-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0047.141223T1858Z-141223T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
158 PM EST TUE DEC 23 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VALDOSTA...

* UNTIL 230 PM EST

* AT 155 PM EST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR I-75 AT EXIT 16...OR 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF VALDOSTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  VALDOSTA REGIONAL AIRPORT...REMERTON AND NAYLOR.

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 3091 8303 3082 8310 3072 8331 3077 8340
      3082 8340 3084 8335 3088 8332 3097 8318
      3095 8317 3095 8311
TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 224DEG 29KT 3080 8331

$$

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2 follow-up statements

106 
WWUS52 KTAE 231910
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
210 PM EST TUE DEC 23 2014

GAC185-231930-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-141223T1930Z/
LOWNDES GA-
210 PM EST TUE DEC 23 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EST FOR CENTRAL
LOWNDES COUNTY...

AT 208 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VALDOSTA...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WAS CONFIRMED EARLIER 
SOUTHWEST OF VALDOSTA WITH TREES DOWN.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NAYLOR

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 3091 8306 3084 8314 3081 8325 3085 8331
      3087 8330 3097 8318 3095 8317 3093 8309
TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 222DEG 20KT 3084 8326

$$

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616 
WWUS52 KTAE 231929
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
229 PM EST TUE DEC 23 2014

GAC185-231939-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-141223T1930Z/
LOWNDES GA-
229 PM EST TUE DEC 23 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LOWNDES COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 230
PM EST...

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 3091 8306 3084 8314 3081 8325 3085 8331
      3087 8330 3097 8318 3095 8317 3093 8309
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 222DEG 20KT 3092 8318

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 23, 3:57 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Thomas	33 min
Dec 23, 4:12 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Grady, Thomas	13 min
Dec 23, 5:33 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Dougherty, Lee, Mitchell, Worth	42 min
Dec 23, 6:02 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lee, Worth	28 min
Dec 23, 9:31 AM EST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Grady, Thomas	9 days
Dec 23, 4:39 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady	6 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.