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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 24, 2015Lee County, Terrell County, Georgia

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2015-12-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1020 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2015-12-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 184 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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-HARRIGAN
1 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-HARRIGAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 24, 3:34 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEQuitman25 min
Dec 24, 9:53 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningTAETerrell, Webster60 hr
Dec 24, 9:55 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningTAEEarly11 days
Dec 24, 1:43 PM ESTTornado WarningTAERandolph17 min
Dec 24, 2:40 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningTAELee11 days
Dec 24, 4:26 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEClay, Lee, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell3 hr
Dec 24, 6:22 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningTAELee, Terrell113 min
Dec 24, 6:42 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningTAEClay10 days

Nearby

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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.