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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 1, 2015Colquitt County, Mitchell County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 1, 2015, 4:25 PM EST for Colquitt County, Mitchell County, Georgia. It was in force for 22 min. 2 reports 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: Nov 1, 2015, 4:25 PM EST (21:25 UTC)
Expired: Nov 1, 2015, 4:47 PM EST
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Colquitt County, GA, Mitchell County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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
Nov 1, 4:43 PM EST	TORNADO 0	Wnw Hartsfield, GA	REPORT OF A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR HARTSFIELD. DAMAGE CONSISTED OF DAMAGE TO THE ROOF OF A HOUSE AS WELL AS METAL SIDING RIPPED OFF THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE. DOERUN POLICE ALSO REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD OCCASIONALLY DROPPING AND RISING NEAR THIGPEN TRAIL ROAD
Nov 1, 4:43 PM EST	TORNADO	Wnw Hartsfield, GA	REPORT OF A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR HARTSFIELD. DAMAGE CONSISTED OF DAMAGE TO THE ROOF OF A HOUSE AS WELL AS METAL SIDING RIPPED OFF THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE. DOERUN POLICE ALSO REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD OCCASIONALLY DROPPING AND RISING NEAR THIGPEN TRAIL ROAD

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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 102 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: 251 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 530 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 268 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 296 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

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The text

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

310 
WFUS52 KTAE 012125
TORTAE
GAC071-205-012200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0025.151101T2125Z-151101T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
425 PM EST SUN NOV 1 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 500 PM EST
    
* AT 425 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PELHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CAMILLA...MOULTRIE...DOERUN...SCHLEY...FUNSTON...SALE CITY...
  MINNESOTA...HARTSFIELD...COTTON...TICKNOR...HINSONTON...BAY...
  SIGSBEE...POPLAR ARBOR CHURCH AND LANEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3134 8400 3133 8399 3133 8390 3122 8376
      3108 8404 3119 8417 3138 8400
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 226DEG 21KT 3116 8405 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

JLF

1 follow-up statement

520 
WWUS52 KTAE 012147
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
447 PM EST SUN NOV 1 2015

GAC071-205-012157-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-151101T2200Z/
COLQUITT GA-MITCHELL GA-
447 PM EST SUN NOV 1 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN COLQUITT AND SOUTHEASTERN
MITCHELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3134 8400 3133 8399 3133 8390 3122 8376
      3108 8404 3119 8417 3138 8400
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 226DEG 21KT 3125 8394 

$$

JLF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 1, 5:05 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Early	85 min
Nov 1, 11:59 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Colquitt	46 min
Nov 1, 2:28 PM EST	Flash Flood Watch	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Lee and 5 more	27 hr
Nov 1, 5:25 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth	50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.