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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 4, 2015, 8:37 AM EST for Calhoun County, Clay County, Randolph County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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
- Jan 4, 2015, 8:37 AM EST (13:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2015, 9:15 AM EST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Randolph County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 8:39 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 E Fort Gaines-Clay Ai, GA | TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 37 |
| Jan 4, 8:55 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Bellville, GA | LARGE TREE UPROOTED NEAR VILULAH CHURCH NEAR THE RANDOLPH/CLAY COUNTY LINE. |
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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 300 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 484 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
279 WFUS52 KTAE 041337 TORTAE GAC037-061-243-041415- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0004.150104T1337Z-150104T1415Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 837 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CUTHBERT... * UNTIL 915 AM EST * AT 835 AM EST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CUTHBERT...OR NEAR FORT GAINES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHELLMAN AND CUTHBERT 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. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGE EARLIER THIS MORNING IN SOUTHERN ALABAMA. && LAT...LON 3186 8460 3160 8461 3149 8500 3167 8505 TIME...MOT...LOC 1337Z 241DEG 32KT 3158 8497 $$ 38-GODSEY
1 follow-up statement
183
WWUS52 KTAE 041359
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
859 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015
GAC037-061-041409-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150104T1415Z/
CALHOUN GA-CLAY GA-
859 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CLAY AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN
CALHOUN COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3186 8460 3165 8461 3162 8476 3162 8490
3171 8495
TIME...MOT...LOC 1359Z 241DEG 32KT 3165 8481
$$
GAC243-041415-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150104T1415Z/
RANDOLPH GA-
859 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM EST FOR SOUTHERN
RANDOLPH COUNTY...
AT 857 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CARNEGIE...OR 9
MILES SOUTH OF CUTHBERT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RANDOLPH CO A/P...SHELLMAN...PACHITLA AND MARTINS CROSSROADS
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 3186 8460 3165 8461 3162 8476 3162 8490
3171 8495
TIME...MOT...LOC 1359Z 241DEG 32KT 3165 8481
$$
38-GODSEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 8:12 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Clay, Early | 33 min |
| Jan 4, 9:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun, Randolph, Terrell | 45 min |
| Jan 4, 9:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Decatur, Miller, Seminole | 46 min |
| Jan 4, 9:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady, Mitchell | 50 min |
| Jan 4, 10:24 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Mitchell | 36 min |
| Jan 4, 10:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Worth | 37 min |
| Jan 4, 11:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Tift, Worth | 63 min |
| Jan 4, 12:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lowndes | 41 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.