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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 2, 2017, 9:44 PM EST for Baker County, Miller County, Mitchell County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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, 9:44 PM EST (02:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2017, 10:15 PM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Baker County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 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, 9:47 PM EST | TORNADO | 2 S Hawkinstown, GA | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND 2 HOMES POSSIBLY DAMAGED ALONG JULIENNE SHEO ROAD. LIKELY TORNADO DAMAGE WITH TDS SIGNATURE NOTED ON DUAL POL RADAR |
| Jan 2, 9:54 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Newton, GA | SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TREES AND A FEW STRUCTURES IN THE TOWN OF NEWTON. SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT THE DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF APPROXIMATELY 85 MPH. |
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 100 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.
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WFUS52 KTAE 030244
TORTAE
GAC007-201-205-030315-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0011.170103T0244Z-170103T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
944 PM EST MON JAN 2 2017
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Miller County in southwestern Georgia...
Central Mitchell County in southwestern Georgia...
Central Baker County in southwestern Georgia...
* Until 1015 PM EST
* At 943 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 11 miles east of Colquitt, moving northeast at 50 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...
Newton around 1000 PM EST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Mimsville, Cooktown, Hoggard Mill, Red Store Crossroads and
Hawkinstown.
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 3125 8419 3113 8457 3125 8463 3144 8431
3144 8428
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 236DEG 42KT 3119 8454
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
ADL1 follow-up statement
478
WWUS52 KTAE 030251
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
951 PM EST MON JAN 2 2017
GAC201-030301-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-170103T0315Z/
Miller GA-
951 PM EST MON JAN 2 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MILLER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EST for southwestern
Georgia.
LAT...LON 3125 8419 3115 8451 3130 8454 3144 8431
3144 8428
TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 231DEG 42KT 3126 8446
$$
GAC007-205-030315-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-170103T0315Z/
Mitchell GA-Baker GA-
951 PM EST MON JAN 2 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EST FOR CENTRAL
MITCHELL AND CENTRAL BAKER COUNTIES...
At 951 PM EST, a confirmed tornado was located 8 miles southwest of
Newton, moving northeast 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 tornado will be near...
Newton around 1000 PM EST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Mimsville, Hoggard Mill, Red Store Crossroads and Hawkinstown.
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.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3125 8419 3115 8451 3130 8454 3144 8431
3144 8428
TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 231DEG 42KT 3126 8446
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
38-GODSEYThe 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, 9:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Terrell | 36 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.