Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 4, 2015, 10:24 AM EST for Mitchell County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report 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, 10:24 AM EST (15:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2015, 11:00 AM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Mitchell County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:26 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, 10:47 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sse Camilla, GA | ROOF BLOWN OFF A HOUSE AND CAMPER FLIPPED OVER. |
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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 85 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.
210
WFUS52 KTAE 041524
TORTAE
GAC205-041600-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0005.150104T1524Z-150104T1600Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1024 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MITCHELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PELHAM...CAMILLA...
* UNTIL 1100 AM EST
* AT 1021 AM EST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAMILLA...MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CAMILLA...PELHAM...MITCHELL CO A/P...AND SALE CITY.
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 3115 8400 3107 8433 3108 8434 3115 8440
3117 8439 3138 8400
TIME...MOT...LOC 1524Z 254DEG 32KT 3116 8424
$$
38-GODSEY2 follow-up statements
403 WWUS52 KTAE 041540 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1040 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015 GAC205-041600- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150104T1600Z/ MITCHELL GA- 1040 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EST FOR EASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY... AT 1038 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LANEY...OR 6 MILES EAST OF CAMILLA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GREENOUGH...HINSONTON AND SALE CITY PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW! LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR SAFER STRUCTURES. GET TO THE LOWEST FLOOR AND PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE TORNADO AS POSSIBLE. && LAT...LON 3115 8400 3110 8420 3123 8428 3138 8400 TIME...MOT...LOC 1540Z 253DEG 32KT 3122 8409 $$ 38-GODSEY
696 WWUS52 KTAE 041551 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1051 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015 GAC205-041601- /O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150104T1600Z/ MITCHELL GA- 1051 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 AM EST... RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3... OR YOU MAY CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT. LAT...LON 3115 8400 3110 8420 3123 8428 3138 8400 TIME...MOT...LOC 1551Z 253DEG 32KT 3124 8398 $$ 38-GODSEY
The 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, 8:37 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Randolph | 38 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, 10:38 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.