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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 24, 2015, 3:34 AM EST for Quitman County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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 24, 2015, 3:34 AM EST (08:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2015, 3:59 AM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Quitman County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 592 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 784 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
459
WFUS52 KTAE 240834
TORTAE
GAC239-240915-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0042.151224T0834Z-151224T0915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
334 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
QUITMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 415 AM EST
* AT 334 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EUFAULA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
GEORGETOWN AROUND 340 AM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE WIRE
BRIDGE AND UNION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3198 8504 3198 8501 3197 8499 3197 8496
3194 8496 3192 8491 3186 8491 3181 8513
3184 8514 3189 8513 3190 8511 3193 8509
3193 8508 3196 8509 3197 8507 3199 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0834Z 236DEG 28KT 3186 8514
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
42-DVD2 follow-up statements
441
WWUS52 KTAE 240847
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
347 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015
GAC239-240915-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-151224T0915Z/
QUITMAN GA-
347 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM EST FOR NORTHERN
QUITMAN COUNTY...
AT 347 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR GEORGETOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHERN QUITMAN COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3198 8504 3198 8501 3197 8499 3197 8496
3194 8496 3192 8491 3186 8513 3189 8513
3190 8511 3193 8509 3193 8508 3196 8509
3197 8507 3199 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0847Z 234DEG 28KT 3193 8505
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
42-DVD951
WWUS52 KTAE 240859
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
359 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015
GAC239-240909-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-151224T0915Z/
QUITMAN GA-
359 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN QUITMAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TALLAHASSEE.
LAT...LON 3198 8504 3198 8501 3197 8499 3197 8496
3194 8496 3192 8491 3186 8513 3189 8513
3190 8511 3193 8509 3193 8508 3196 8509
3197 8507 3199 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0857Z 236DEG 28KT 3198 8496
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 9:53 AM EST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Terrell, Webster | 60 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:55 AM EST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Early | 11 days |
| Dec 24, 1:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Randolph | 17 min |
| Dec 24, 2:40 PM EST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Lee | 11 days |
| Dec 24, 4:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lee, Terrell | 38 min |
| Dec 24, 4:26 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Clay, Lee, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 6:22 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Lee, Terrell | 113 min |
| Dec 24, 6:42 PM EST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Clay | 10 days |
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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.