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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 5, 2016, 6:38 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 11 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 5, 2016, 6:38 PM EST (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 5, 2016, 6:49 PM EST
- In force
- 11 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Decatur County, GA, Grady County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Seminole County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 2:10 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 731 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
042
WFUS52 KTAE 052338
TORTAE
GAC087-131-205-253-060015-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0042.161205T2338Z-161206T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
638 PM EST MON DEC 5 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
SOUTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
NORTHEASTERN SEMINOLE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN GRADY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 715 PM EST
* AT 637 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST BAINBRIDGE...OR 8
MILES WEST OF BAINBRIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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...
BAINBRIDGE AND WEST BAINBRIDGE AROUND 650 PM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HANOVER...VADA...PEOPLES STILL...AUSMAC...HARRELLS STILL...STEINHAM
STORE... CLIMAX...DECATUR CO A/P...REYNOLDSVILLE AND CYRENE.
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 3118 8437 3094 8421 3078 8475 3089 8482
3108 8453 3108 8451 3109 8450
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 240DEG 37KT 3086 8471
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
09-FOURNIER1 follow-up statement
539
WWUS52 KTAE 052349
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
649 PM EST MON DEC 5 2016
GAC087-131-205-253-052359-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-161206T0015Z/
DECATUR GA-MITCHELL GA-SEMINOLE GA-GRADY GA-
649 PM EST MON DEC 5 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL DECATUR...SOUTHWESTERN MITCHELL...
NORTHEASTERN SEMINOLE AND NORTHWESTERN GRADY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3118 8437 3094 8421 3078 8475 3089 8482
3108 8453 3108 8451 3109 8450
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 240DEG 37KT 3092 8458
$$
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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.