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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 1, 2017Early County, Georgia; Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 1, 2017, 6:22 PM EST for Early County, Georgia; Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 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 1, 2017, 6:22 PM EST (23:22 UTC)
Expired: Jan 1, 2017, 7:00 PM EST
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Houston County, AL, Early County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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 1, 6:37 PM EST	FUNNEL CLOUD	3 Nne Grangeburg, AL	FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED 3 MILES NNE OF GRANGEBURG

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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 110 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 924 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 350 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 458 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

157 
WFUS52 KTAE 012322
TORTAE
ALC069-GAC099-020000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0001.170101T2322Z-170102T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
622 PM EST SUN JAN 1 2017

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Houston County in southeastern Alabama...
  Southwestern Early County in southwestern Georgia...

* Until 700 PM EST/600 PM CST/
    
* At 622 PM EST/522 PM CST/, a severe thunderstorm capable of
  producing a tornado was located near Cottonwood, moving northeast
  at 30 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southeastern Houston and southwestern Early Counties, including the
  following locations: Cedar Springs, Gordon, Sealy Springs,
  Grangeburg, Killarney, Saffold, Pansey, Howards Mill and Jakin.

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.

Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3112 8492 3100 8523 3100 8534 3101 8535
      3127 8504
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 237DEG 25KT 3101 8527 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

ADL

1 follow-up statement

448 
WWUS52 KTAE 012342
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
642 PM EST SUN JAN 1 2017

ALC069-GAC099-020000-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170102T0000Z/
Houston AL-Early GA-
642 PM EST SUN JAN 1 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST/600 PM CST/
FOR SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON AND SOUTHWESTERN EARLY COUNTIES...
    
At 642 PM EST/542 PM CST/, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing
a tornado was located 9 miles southeast of Ashford, or 10 miles east
of Cottonwood, moving northeast at 30 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. 

Locations impacted include...
Gordon, Cedar Springs, Killarney, Saffold and Howards Mill. 

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.

Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3112 8492 3104 8518 3107 8523 3126 8503
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 237DEG 25KT 3109 8513 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

ADL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 1, 10:40 AM EST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Dale	3 days
Jan 1, 11:07 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Geneva	113 min
Jan 1, 12:09 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Geneva	51 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.