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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 2, 2015, 1:32 PM EST for Lee County, Terrell County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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
- Nov 2, 2015, 1:32 PM EST (18:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 2, 2015, 2:00 PM EST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Lee County, GA, Terrell County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 1:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
608
WFUS52 KTAE 021832
TORTAE
GAC177-273-021900-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0030.151102T1832Z-151102T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
132 PM EST MON NOV 2 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
NORTHERN LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 200 PM EST
* AT 132 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SMITHVILLE...OR NEAR LEESBURG...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.
* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN TERRELL AND NORTHERN LEE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SCRUTCHINS...NEYAMI AND CHOKEE.
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 3191 8392 3188 8393 3186 8393 3177 8424
3178 8426 3182 8429 3183 8429 3192 8421
TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 233DEG 23KT 3181 8425
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
9-FOURNIER1 follow-up statement
349
WWUS52 KTAE 021846
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
146 PM EST MON NOV 2 2015
GAC273-021856-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-151102T1900Z/
TERRELL GA-
146 PM EST MON NOV 2 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TERRELL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS
WEAKENED. MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. *THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3191 8392 3188 8393 3186 8393 3182 8417
3182 8420 3184 8423 3192 8421
TIME...MOT...LOC 1846Z 233DEG 23KT 3186 8417
$$
GAC177-021900-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-151102T1900Z/
LEE GA-
146 PM EST MON NOV 2 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY...
AT 146 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SMITHVILLE...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF LEESBURG...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...
CHOKEE AND SCRUTCHINS.
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 3191 8392 3188 8393 3186 8393 3182 8417
3182 8420 3184 8423 3192 8421
TIME...MOT...LOC 1846Z 233DEG 23KT 3186 8417
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
9-FOURNIERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 12:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Dougherty, Terrell | 12 min |
| Nov 2, 1:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early, Miller | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.