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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 24, 2015, 4:07 PM EST for Lee County, Terrell County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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, 4:07 PM EST (21:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2015, 4:45 PM EST
- In force
- 38 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 Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 1020 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 579 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
440
WFUS52 KTAE 242107
TORTAE
GAC177-273-242145-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0045.151224T2107Z-151224T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
407 PM EST THU DEC 24 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 445 PM EST
* AT 406 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER DAWSON...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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SMITHVILLE AROUND 435 PM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
OAKVILLE...BRONWOOD...YEOMANS...OLIVERS MILL AND PLEASANT 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 3193 8440 3187 8434 3192 8434 3191 8419
3175 8448 3176 8448 3182 8452 3195 8443
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 222DEG 20KT 3182 8445
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
15-HARRIGAN1 follow-up statement
322
WWUS52 KTAE 242127
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
427 PM EST THU DEC 24 2015
GAC177-273-242145-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-151224T2145Z/
TERRELL GA-LEE GA-
427 PM EST THU DEC 24 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN TERRELL AND NORTHWESTERN LEE COUNTIES...
AT 427 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SMITHVILLE...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF DAWSON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SMITHVILLE AND SMITHVILLE AROUND 435 PM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
OLIVERS MILL...PLEASANT HILL AND BRONWOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3193 8440 3187 8434 3192 8434 3191 8419
3183 8436 3185 8442 3188 8444 3194 8442
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 222DEG 20KT 3191 8436
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
15-HARRIGANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 3:34 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Quitman | 25 min |
| 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, 4:26 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.