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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 7, 2017Dougherty County, Lee County, Worth County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 7, 2017, 6:05 PM EST for Dougherty County, Lee County, Worth 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: Feb 7, 2017, 6:05 PM EST (23:05 UTC)
Expired: Feb 7, 2017, 6:30 PM EST
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

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

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 7, 5:33 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 136 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: 10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1140 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

649 
WFUS52 KTAE 072305
TORTAE
GAC095-177-321-072330-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0053.170207T2305Z-170207T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
605 PM EST TUE FEB 7 2017

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

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

* Until 630 PM EST
    
* At 605 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 9 miles southwest of Albany, moving northeast at 40
  mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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...
  East Albany around 620 PM EST. 
  Albany and Turner City around 625 PM EST. 
  Leesburg around 630 PM EST. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Forrester, Mossy Dell, Walker, Ducker, Radium Springs, Palmyra,
Southwest Ga Regional A/P, Century, South Albany and Lockett
Crossing.

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 3185 8404 3163 8385 3143 8433 3144 8435
      3153 8443 3162 8432 3162 8430 3164 8430
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 232DEG 35KT 3151 8431 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

11-MOORE

1 follow-up statement

065 
WWUS52 KTAE 072323
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
623 PM EST TUE FEB 7 2017

GAC095-177-321-072333-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-170207T2330Z/
Lee GA-Worth GA-Dougherty GA-
623 PM EST TUE FEB 7 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN LEE...NORTHWESTERN WORTH AND
DOUGHERTY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM EST...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty winds
are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EST for
south central and southwestern Georgia.

LAT...LON 3185 8404 3163 8385 3143 8433 3144 8435
      3153 8443 3162 8432 3162 8430 3164 8430
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 232DEG 35KT 3160 8417 

$$

11-MOORE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 7, 5:26 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Seminole	64 min
Feb 7, 5:42 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lee, Terrell	15 min
Feb 7, 5:46 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell and 1 more	44 min
Feb 7, 6:23 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Colquitt, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller and 3 more	52 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.