Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 2, 2017, 9:39 PM EST for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 36 min. 2 reports 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 2, 2017, 9:39 PM EST (02:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2017, 10:15 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Baker County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Terrell County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 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 2, 9:50 PM EST | TORNADO | Leary, GA | DAMAGE REPORTED IN THE LEARY AREA. PROBABLE TORNADO |
| Jan 2, 10:05 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 60 | Ducker, GA | 60 MPH GUST MEASURED BY THE GEORGIA AUTOMATED ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING NETWORK SITE AT DUCKER |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 4:46 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted.
599
WFUS52 KTAE 030239
TORTAE
GAC007-037-095-099-273-030315-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0010.170103T0239Z-170103T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
939 PM EST MON JAN 2 2017
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Calhoun County in southwestern Georgia...
Northwestern Baker County in southwestern Georgia...
South central Terrell County in southwestern Georgia...
East central Early County in southwestern Georgia...
Western Dougherty County in southwestern Georgia...
* Until 1015 PM EST
* At 939 PM EST, a tornado producing storm was located near
Arlington, or 9 miles south of Morgan, moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.
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 storm will be near...
Morgan around 945 PM EST.
Leary around 950 PM EST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Ducker, Holt, Bermuda, Cordrays Mill, Iveys Mill, Dickey and
Commissary Hill.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 3136 8470 3157 8473 3165 8431 3142 8435
TIME...MOT...LOC 0239Z 249DEG 45KT 3140 8466
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
ADL1 follow-up statement
462
WWUS52 KTAE 030257
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
957 PM EST MON JAN 2 2017
GAC099-273-030306-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-170103T0315Z/
Terrell GA-Early GA-
957 PM EST MON JAN 2 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TERRELL AND EAST CENTRAL
EARLY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EST for southwestern
Georgia.
LAT...LON 3143 8454 3154 8454 3162 8432 3142 8435
TIME...MOT...LOC 0256Z 230DEG 47KT 3152 8445
$$
GAC007-037-095-030315-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-170103T0315Z/
Calhoun GA-Baker GA-Dougherty GA-
957 PM EST MON JAN 2 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN...NORTH CENTRAL BAKER AND WESTERN DOUGHERTY
COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
At 956 PM EST, a confirmed tornado was located near Leary, or 8 miles
east of Morgan, moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.
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 Calhoun...north central Baker and western Dougherty
Counties in southwestern Georgia, including the following locations:
Ducker, Holt and Bermuda.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 3143 8454 3154 8454 3162 8432 3142 8435
TIME...MOT...LOC 0256Z 230DEG 47KT 3152 8445
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
ADLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 8:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Decatur, Early, Miller and 1 more | 60 min |
| Jan 2, 8:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 63 min |
| Jan 2, 9:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early, Miller | 26 min |
| Jan 2, 9:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early, Miller, Seminole | 37 min |
| Jan 2, 9:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early | 28 min |
| Jan 2, 9:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Early | 37 min |
| Jan 2, 9:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell | 64 min |
| Jan 2, 9:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur | 32 min |
| Jan 2, 9:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Decatur, Dougherty, Grady, Miller and 1 more | 56 min |
| Jan 2, 9:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Miller, Mitchell | 31 min |
| Jan 2, 10:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Lee, Terrell | 30 min |
| Jan 2, 10:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lee | 42 min |
| Jan 2, 10:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Thomas, Tift, Turner and 1 more | 66 min |
| Jan 2, 10:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Lee, Worth | 26 min |
| Jan 2, 10:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Lee, Turner, Worth | 27 min |
| Jan 2, 10:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Berrien, Cook, Irwin, Tift | 66 min |
| Jan 2, 10:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes | 61 min |
| Jan 3, 5:15 AM EST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Terrell, Webster | 38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.