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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 24, 2014, 7:09 AM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 36 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, 7:09 AM EST (12:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2014, 7:45 AM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Colquitt County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:11 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 |
| Dec 24, 6:32 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 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
- 1288 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 500 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 334 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 344 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
593 WFUS52 KTAE 241209 TORTAE GAC071-095-205-321-241245- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0053.141224T1209Z-141224T1245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 709 AM EST WED DEC 24 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... SOUTHERN WORTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SYLVESTER... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN DOUGHERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... EASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CAMILLA... * UNTIL 745 AM EST * AT 706 AM EST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR CAMILLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DOERUN AND POULAN 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 3163 8385 3146 8367 3115 8416 3123 8424 TIME...MOT...LOC 1209Z 228DEG 51KT 3125 8413 $$ 25-CAMP
1 follow-up statement
667 WWUS52 KTAE 241232 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 732 AM EST WED DEC 24 2014 GAC071-095-205-241242- /O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-141224T1245Z/ MITCHELL GA-COLQUITT GA-DOUGHERTY GA- 732 AM EST WED DEC 24 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN DOUGHERTY... NORTHWESTERN COLQUITT AND NORTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3... OR YOU MAY CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT. LAT...LON 3134 8391 3140 8399 3163 8385 3146 8367 TIME...MOT...LOC 1232Z 228DEG 51KT 3147 8385 $$ GAC321-241245- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-141224T1245Z/ WORTH GA- 732 AM EST WED DEC 24 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM EST FOR SOUTHERN WORTH COUNTY... AT 729 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GORDY...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SYLVESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GAMMAGE...ISABELLA...POULAN AND SUMNER 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. 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 3134 8391 3140 8399 3163 8385 3146 8367 TIME...MOT...LOC 1232Z 228DEG 51KT 3147 8385 $$ 25-CAMP
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, 2:51 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Early, Miller, Seminole | 4 min |
| 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, 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 |
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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.