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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 29, 2014Lanier County, Lowndes County, Georgia

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2014-12-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2014-12-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 185 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

667 
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 29, 11:34 AM ESTTornado WarningTAELowndes11 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.