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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 2, 2015Calhoun County, Dougherty County, Terrell County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 2, 2015, 12:47 PM EST for Calhoun County, Dougherty County, Terrell County, Georgia. It was in force for 12 min. 1 report 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 2, 2015, 12:47 PM EST (17:47 UTC)
Expired: Nov 2, 2015, 12:59 PM EST
In force: 12 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated

Counties Calhoun County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Terrell County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:49 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 2, 12:49 PM EST	TORNADO	4 Nne Morgan, GA	KEOX DUAL-POL RADAR CONFIRMED A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NORTH OF MORGAN WITH AN UNAMBIGUOUS TORNADIC DEBRIS SIGNATURE. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED TO US AT THIS TIME.

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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 140 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: 230 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 3.2

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The text

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

335 
WFUS52 KTAE 021747
TORTAE
GAC037-095-273-021815-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0028.151102T1747Z-151102T1815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1247 PM EST MON NOV 2 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN DOUGHERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
  NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 115 PM EST
    
* AT 1247 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MORGAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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. 

* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  WESTERN DOUGHERTY...NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN AND SOUTHEASTERN TERRELL
  COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
  LOCATIONS...CLARKS MILL...HEROD...CORDRAYS MILL...SASSER...
  CHICKASAWHATCHEE AND OAK HILL.

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 3175 8436 3166 8432 3153 8459 3159 8463
      3163 8456 3162 8456 3162 8455 3165 8454
TIME...MOT...LOC 1747Z 238DEG 33KT 3159 8459 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75

$$

22-BARRY

1 follow-up statement

354 
WWUS52 KTAE 021759
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1259 PM EST MON NOV 2 2015

GAC037-095-273-021809-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-151102T1815Z/
DOUGHERTY GA-CALHOUN GA-TERRELL GA-
1259 PM EST MON NOV 2 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN DOUGHERTY...NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN
AND SOUTHEASTERN TERRELL COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. 
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3175 8436 3166 8432 3153 8459 3159 8463
      3163 8456 3162 8456 3162 8455 3165 8454
TIME...MOT...LOC 1757Z 238DEG 33KT 3165 8448 

$$

22-BARRY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 2, 1:08 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Early, Miller	37 min
Nov 2, 1:32 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Lee, Terrell	28 min
Nov 2, 4:00 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Ben Hill	15 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.