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Tornado Warning 61, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 5, 2017Lee County, Turner County, Worth County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2017, 2:37 PM EDT for Lee County, Turner County, Worth County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 min. 1 report 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: Apr 5, 2017, 2:37 PM EDT (18:37 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2017, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.25 in

Counties Lee County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 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
Apr 5, 2:37 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	4 Nne Leesburg, GA	REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUD

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
Apr 5, 7:54 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Apr 5, 12:54 PM EDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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: 1335 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 8.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

602 
WFUS52 KTAE 051837
TORTAE
GAC177-287-321-051900-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0061.170405T1837Z-170405T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
237 PM EDT WED APR 5 2017

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Turner County in south central Georgia...
  Central Lee County in southwestern Georgia...
  Northwestern Worth County in south central Georgia...

* Until 300 PM EDT
    
* At 237 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Leesburg, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northwestern Turner...central Lee and northwestern Worth Counties,
  including the following locations: Worth, Warwick, Starksville,
  Philema, Dakota, Sibley, Mossy Dell and Oakfield.

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 3186 8393 3186 8394 3184 8394 3185 8391
      3184 8386 3182 8385 3183 8384 3181 8383
      3180 8380 3180 8367 3172 8364 3169 8419
      3179 8421 3190 8393
TIME...MOT...LOC 1837Z 255DEG 35KT 3176 8413 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

09-FOURNIER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 5, 2:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay	48 min
Apr 5, 3:02 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Quitman, Randolph	17 min
Apr 5, 3:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Quitman, Randolph	15 min
Apr 5, 5:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Dougherty, Mitchell	21 min
Apr 5, 5:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Quitman, Randolph	35 min
Apr 5, 11:36 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Quitman, Randolph	39 min
Apr 5, 12:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Quitman, Randolph	26 min
Apr 5, 12:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TAE	Randolph, Terrell	16 min
Apr 5, 12:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lee, Terrell	31 min
Apr 5, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Turner, Worth	29 min
Apr 5, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Turner	34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.