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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 29, 2014, 11:43 AM EST for Lanier County, Lowndes County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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 29, 2014, 11:43 AM EST (16:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 29, 2014, 12:15 PM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 549 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS52 KTAE 291643
TORTAE
GAC173-185-291715-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0055.141229T1643Z-141229T1715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1143 AM EST MON DEC 29 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LANIER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
EAST CENTRAL LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 1215 PM EST
* AT 1143 AM EST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A
TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NAYLOR...OR 7 MILES EAST OF
VALDOSTA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
STOCKTON AND GREENWOOD
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 3086 8298 3084 8301 3084 8308 3083 8309
3080 8321 3087 8323 3098 8300 3099 8297
3087 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 1644Z 252DEG 21KT 3086 8315
$$2 follow-up statements
936 WWUS52 KTAE 291655 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1155 AM EST MON DEC 29 2014 GAC173-185-291715- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-141229T1715Z/ LOWNDES GA-LANIER GA- 1155 AM EST MON DEC 29 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM EST FOR SOUTHEASTERN LANIER AND EAST CENTRAL LOWNDES COUNTIES... AT 1152 AM EST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NAYLOR...OR 11 MILES EAST OF VALDOSTA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STOCKTON AND GREENWOOD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW! LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR SAFER STRUCTURES. GET TO THE LOWEST FLOOR AND PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE TORNADO AS POSSIBLE. && LAT...LON 3087 8297 3084 8311 3089 8314 3098 8297 TIME...MOT...LOC 1655Z 252DEG 21KT 3088 8308 $$
025 WWUS52 KTAE 291711 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1211 PM EST MON DEC 29 2014 GAC173-185-291722- /O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-141229T1715Z/ LOWNDES GA-LANIER GA- 1211 PM EST MON DEC 29 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LANIER AND EAST CENTRAL LOWNDES COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1215 PM EST... LAT...LON 3087 8297 3084 8311 3089 8314 3098 8297 TIME...MOT...LOC 1712Z 252DEG 21KT 3091 8297 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 11:34 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lowndes | 11 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.