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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 24, 2014, 2:51 AM EST for 4 counties in Georgia; Henry County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 4 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
- Dec 24, 2014, 2:51 AM EST (07:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2014, 2:55 AM EST
- In force
- 4 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Baker County, GA, Early County, GA, Miller County, GA, Seminole County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 11:55 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 118 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 509 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 397 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 547 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
393 WFUS52 KTAE 240751 TORTAE ALC067-069-GAC007-099-201-253-240815- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0050.141224T0751Z-141224T0815Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 251 AM EST WED DEC 24 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... WESTERN BAKER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLAKELY... NORTHWESTERN MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SEMINOLE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 315 AM EST/215 AM CST/ * AT 248 AM EST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 10 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBIA...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF DONALSONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JONES CROSSROADS...HILTON...SAWHATCHEE...MAYHAW...ROCK HILL... CENTERVILLE...HENTOWN...CUBA...HARMONY CHURCH RD/HWY 45... JETERVILLE...EARLY CO A/P...MACEDONIA...OLD DAMASCUS AND DAMASCUS. 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 3149 8502 3127 8460 3106 8504 3115 8519 TIME...MOT...LOC 0750Z 220DEG 50KT 3119 8502 $$ 17-GOULD
1 follow-up statement
105 WWUS52 KTAE 240755 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 255 AM EST WED DEC 24 2014 ALC067-069-GAC007-099-201-253-240806- /O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-141224T0815Z/ MILLER GA-BAKER GA-EARLY GA-SEMINOLE GA-HOUSTON AL-HENRY AL- 255 AM EST WED DEC 24 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HENRY...NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SEMINOLE...EARLY...WEST CENTRAL BAKER AND NORTHWESTERN MILLER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3149 8502 3127 8460 3106 8504 3115 8519 TIME...MOT...LOC 0756Z 220DEG 50KT 3125 8496 $$ 17-GOULD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 8:17 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Brooks, Thomas | 5 hr |
| Dec 23, 8:37 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | TAE | Grady, Thomas | 36 hr |
| Dec 23, 9:32 PM EST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lowndes | 6 days |
| Dec 24, 1:50 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Clay, Early | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:12 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, Miller, Randolph | 33 min |
| Dec 24, 4:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Dougherty, Lee, Mitchell, Terrell, Worth | 41 min |
| Dec 24, 4:43 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Early | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 5:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, Worth | 49 min |
| Dec 24, 6:02 AM EST | Wind Advisory | TAE | Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur and 11 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 24, 6:59 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 7:09 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth | 36 min |
| Dec 24, 8:15 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:35 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Tift | 115 min |
| Dec 24, 10:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lowndes, Thomas | 34 min |
| Dec 24, 10:50 AM EST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Lee | 5 days |
| Dec 24, 11:02 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lanier, Lowndes | 28 min |
| Dec 23, 10:15 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva | 4 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:44 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Geneva | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 4:08 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Houston | 22 min |
| Dec 24, 5:28 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Geneva | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.