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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 5, 2016, 7:29 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 31 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, 7:29 PM EST (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 5, 2016, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
Counties Colquitt County, GA, Grady County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Thomas County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 729 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 497 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
The text
As transmitted.
867
WFUS52 KTAE 060029
TORTAE
GAC071-131-205-275-060100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0043.161206T0029Z-161206T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
729 PM EST MON DEC 5 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN THOMAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHERN GRADY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
SOUTHWESTERN COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 800 PM EST
* AT 729 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WHIGHAM...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAIRO...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
PELHAM AROUND 755 PM EST.
CAMILLA AROUND 800 PM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HINSONTON...COTTON...AKRIDGE...QUALITY...SPENCE...PEOPLES
STILL...LANEY... CAPEL...ELPINO AND HARRELLS STILL.
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 3106 8390 3088 8434 3100 8437 3128 8408
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 233DEG 28KT 3098 8431
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75
$$
09-FOURNIERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 11:28 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Early, Miller, Seminole | 2 hr |
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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.