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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 22, 2017, 8:05 AM EST for Brooks County, Lowndes County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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
- Jan 22, 2017, 8:05 AM EST (13:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2017, 8:30 AM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Brooks County, GA, Lowndes County, GA
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 22, 3:20 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 1298 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 441 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.9
- Supercell composite
- 15.6
The text
As transmitted.
081
WFUS52 KTAE 221305
TORTAE
GAC027-185-221330-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0029.170122T1305Z-170122T1330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
805 AM EST SUN JAN 22 2017
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Lowndes County in south central Georgia...
Southeastern Brooks County in south central Georgia...
* Until 830 AM EST
* At 805 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Quitman, moving northeast at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
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...
I-75 At Exit 16 around 820 AM EST.
Valdosta around 825 AM EST.
Moody Air Force Base around 830 AM EST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include I-75
At Exit 11, Remerton, I-75 At Exit 5, Empress, Valdosta Regional
Airport, Blue Springs, Dasher, Nankin, Kinderlou and Twin Lakes.
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 3065 8314 3064 8345 3065 8357 3078 8361
3103 8318 3095 8318 3095 8314 3079 8313
3077 8314
TIME...MOT...LOC 1305Z 242DEG 52KT 3073 8353
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
38-GODSEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 10:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Colquitt, Miller, Mitchell | 27 min |
| Jan 21, 10:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Colquitt, Dougherty, Mitchell, Tift, Turner and 1 more | 32 min |
| Jan 21, 11:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth | 47 min |
| Jan 21, 11:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Lee and 2 more | 55 min |
| Jan 22, 12:07 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Ben Hill | 23 min |
| Jan 22, 12:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Lee, Worth | 58 min |
| Jan 22, 12:35 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Lee | 4 hr |
| Jan 22, 12:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Clay, Early | 46 min |
| Jan 22, 1:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth | 18 min |
| Jan 22, 1:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Randolph and 1 more | 41 min |
| Jan 22, 2:02 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Mitchell, Worth | 28 min |
| Jan 22, 2:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Decatur, Grady, Thomas | 65 min |
| Jan 22, 2:27 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Turner, Worth | 33 min |
| Jan 22, 2:44 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Irwin, Tift, Turner | 18 min |
| Jan 22, 2:49 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Thomas | 41 min |
| Jan 22, 2:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Early, Miller, Seminole | 46 min |
| Jan 22, 3:10 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Brooks, Colquitt, Cook | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 3:34 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Berrien | 56 min |
| Jan 22, 3:39 AM EST | Wind Advisory | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 14 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth | 46 min |
| Jan 22, 4:24 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth | 66 min |
| Jan 22, 5:00 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin | 30 min |
| Jan 22, 5:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady | 56 min |
| Jan 22, 6:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Grady, Irwin and 1 more | 75 min |
| Jan 22, 6:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes, Thomas | 74 min |
| Jan 22, 6:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady | 42 min |
| Jan 22, 6:47 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes | 58 min |
| Jan 22, 7:10 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lanier, Lowndes | 35 min |
| Jan 22, 7:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Thomas | 45 min |
| Jan 22, 7:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady, Thomas | 29 min |
| Jan 22, 7:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Thomas | 39 min |
| Jan 22, 7:52 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Brooks | 38 min |
| Jan 22, 7:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 8:27 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lanier, Lowndes | 33 min |
| Jan 22, 8:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Grady, Thomas | 38 min |
| Jan 22, 8:44 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Grady, Thomas | 31 min |
| Jan 22, 9:09 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Grady, Thomas | 36 min |
| Jan 22, 9:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady, Miller, Seminole | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 9:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes | 57 min |
| Jan 22, 9:41 AM EST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Lee | 5 days |
| Jan 22, 9:53 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady | 37 min |
| Jan 22, 10:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early | 39 min |
| Jan 22, 10:38 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady, Thomas | 37 min |
| Jan 22, 10:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lee, Worth | 20 min |
| Jan 22, 11:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Cook, Lowndes | 31 min |
| Jan 22, 11:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Colquitt, Thomas | 43 min |
| Jan 22, 12:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Clay, Randolph, Terrell | 36 min |
| Jan 22, 1:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Clay, Early | 46 min |
| Jan 22, 2:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Early, Randolph | 25 min |
| Jan 22, 2:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur | 8 min |
| Jan 22, 2:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Early, Miller, Seminole | 36 min |
| Jan 22, 2:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Randolph, Terrell | 27 min |
| Jan 22, 3:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Lee, Terrell and 1 more | 52 min |
| Jan 22, 3:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Dougherty, Lee, Turner, Worth | 30 min |
| Jan 22, 3:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Grady, Thomas | 34 min |
| Jan 22, 3:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Turner, Worth | 35 min |
| Jan 22, 3:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth | 33 min |
| Jan 22, 3:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lowndes, Thomas | 37 min |
| Jan 22, 4:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Thomas, Tift | 26 min |
| Jan 22, 4:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.