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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 2, 2017Early County, Miller County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 2, 2017, 9:04 PM EST for Early County, Miller County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 min. 4 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, 9:04 PM EST (02:04 UTC)
Expired: Jan 2, 2017, 9:30 PM EST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Early County, GA, Miller County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 9:12 PM EST	TORNADO	1 E Sawhatchee, GA	TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON DAMASCUS-HILTON RD JUST EAST OF ZION ROAD AND MOVED NE TOWARD CEDAR SPRINGS RD. AT THE INTERSECTION OF CEDAR SPRINGS RD AND HIGHTOWER RD, TWO RESIDENCES WERE DAMAGED, WITH A PORTION OF THE ROOF DECKS REMOVED. FARM BUILDINGS WERE ALSO DA
Jan 2, 9:14 PM EST	TORNADO	2 Ene Sawhatchee, GA	TREES DOWN IN EARLY COUNTY WITH DUAL-POL TDS AT THIS LOCATION
Jan 2, 9:18 PM EST	TORNADO	1 Ssw Centerville, GA	EF-2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON EARLY CO. SIDE OF EARLY-MILLER LINE NEAR THREE NOTCH ROAD. THE TORNADO MOVED NE TOWARDS US-27 NEAR BATES RD. A MOBILE HOME SUFFERED ROOF DAMAGE AND NUMEROUS PINES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST AND INTENS
Jan 2, 9:20 PM EST	TORNADO	1 Ssw Cuba, GA	TREES DOWN IN EARLY COUNTY WITH DUAL POL TDS AT THIS LOCATION

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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 115 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

961 
WFUS52 KTAE 030204
TORTAE
GAC099-201-030230-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0005.170103T0204Z-170103T0230Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Miller County in southwestern Georgia...
  Southwestern Early County in southwestern Georgia...

* Until 930 PM EST
    
* At 904 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Columbia, or 13 miles southwest of Blakely, moving
  east at 60 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
  northwestern Miller and southwestern Early Counties, including the
  following locations: Sawhatchee, Cedar Springs, Cuba, Hentown,
  Hilton, Mayhaw, Centerville 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3135 8480 3113 8477 3116 8509 3117 8510
      3118 8510 3119 8511 3120 8511 3121 8510
      3123 8510 3126 8511 3128 8511
TIME...MOT...LOC 0204Z 254DEG 52KT 3122 8507 

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, 9:08 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, 10:19 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.