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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 2, 2017Dougherty County, Lee County, Worth County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 2, 2017, 10:19 PM EST for Dougherty County, Lee County, Worth County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 min. 11 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, 10:19 PM EST (03:19 UTC)
Expired: Jan 2, 2017, 10:45 PM EST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Dougherty County, GA, Lee County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:21 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, 10:19 PM EST	TSTM WND GST 68	2 W Albany, GA	WEATHERBUG STATION AT DARTON STATE COLLEGE REPORTED 68 MPH GUST AT 1019 PM ET.
Jan 2, 10:30 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ne Acree, GA	TREES DOWN NEAR 200 HENRY ROAD
Jan 2, 10:30 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Stocks, GA	SCATTERED TREES DOWN IN LEE COUNTY
Jan 2, 10:32 PM EST	TORNADO	5 E Stocks, GA	EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST INSIDE DOUGHERTY CO. LINE ALONG CORDELE RD BEFORE MOVING NORTHEAST INTO WORTH COUNTY. THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 313 AFTER TRAVELING 9.2 MILES. A STRONGLY CONVERGENT SIGNATURE WAS NOTED IN THE TREE DAMAGE SUPPORTING
Jan 2, 10:33 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Red Rock, GA	TREES DOWN ON PEARSON ROAD AT WOODCREST ROAD
Jan 2, 10:34 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	5 Nw Red Rock, GA	TREES DOWN NEAR WORTHY AND RICH ROADS
Jan 2, 10:34 PM EST	TORNADO	5 E Stocks, GA	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE AREA ALONG WITH DUAL-POL TDS SIGNATURE FROM JGX RADAR ALONG THE DOUGHERTY...WORTH...LEE COUNTY LINE.
Jan 2, 10:35 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Nnw Red Rock, GA	TREES DOWN ON HOLLHOUSE ROAD
Jan 2, 10:37 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ne Red Rock, GA	TREES DOWN ON HARRIS ROAD
Jan 2, 10:37 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sw Doles, GA	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON AUSBY ROAD
Jan 2, 10:37 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	4 Nne Red Rock, GA	TREES DOWN ON FOWLER ROAD

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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 137 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

478 
WFUS52 KTAE 030319
TORTAE
GAC095-177-321-030345-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0013.170103T0319Z-170103T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1019 PM EST MON JAN 2 2017

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Lee County in southwestern Georgia...
  Northwestern Worth County in south central Georgia...
  Northeastern Dougherty County in southwestern Georgia...

* Until 1045 PM EST
    
* At 1018 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located near Albany, moving east 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...
  Turner City around 1025 PM EST. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Palmyra, Southwest Ga Regional A/P, Century, Forrester, South Albany,
Oakfield, Red Rock, Stocks, Mossy Dell and Philema.

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 3153 8422 3162 8429 3186 8399 3158 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 0318Z 248DEG 38KT 3160 8420 

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

$$

ADL

1 follow-up statement

828 
WWUS52 KTAE 030337
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1037 PM EST MON JAN 2 2017

GAC095-177-321-030345-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170103T0345Z/
Lee GA-Worth GA-Dougherty GA-
1037 PM EST MON JAN 2 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL LEE...NORTHWESTERN WORTH AND NORTHEASTERN DOUGHERTY
COUNTIES...
    
At 1036 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles northeast of Turner City, or 11 miles east of
Leesburg, moving east 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
south central Lee...northwestern Worth and northeastern Dougherty
Counties.

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 3159 8404 3168 8409 3177 8395 3165 8391
      3160 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 248DEG 38KT 3167 8399 

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 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 Tornado observed	TAE	Early	28 min
Jan 2, 9:23 PM EST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	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 Tornado observed	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Terrell	36 min
Jan 2, 9:44 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Baker, Miller, Mitchell	31 min
Jan 2, 10:00 PM EST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	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, 10:33 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.