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Tornado Warning 64, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 4, 2017Berrien County, Lanier County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2017, 12:41 PM EDT for Berrien County, Lanier County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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: May 4, 2017, 12:41 PM EDT (16:41 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2017, 1:05 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Berrien County, GA, Lanier County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:41 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 nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 154 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1390 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

092 
WFUS52 KTAE 041641
TORTAE
GAC019-173-041715-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0064.170504T1641Z-170504T1715Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1241 PM EDT THU MAY 4 2017

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Berrien County in south central Georgia...
  Northern Lanier County in south central Georgia...

* Until 115 PM EDT
    
* At 1241 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located near Ray City, or near Nashville, moving
  northeast at 35 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
  southeastern Berrien and northern Lanier Counties, including the
  following locations: Weber, Allenville, Bannockburn and
  Teeterville.

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 3108 8316 3115 8325 3136 8310 3135 8308
      3133 8306 3130 8306 3128 8305 3128 8304
      3123 8305 3122 8304 3121 8305 3119 8305
      3119 8298 3117 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 1641Z 225DEG 29KT 3114 8318 

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement

291 
WWUS52 KTAE 041705
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
105 PM EDT THU MAY 4 2017

GAC019-173-041714-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-170504T1715Z/
Berrien GA-Lanier GA-
105 PM EDT THU MAY 4 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BERRIEN AND NORTHERN LANIER
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3108 8316 3115 8325 3136 8310 3135 8308
      3133 8306 3130 8306 3128 8305 3128 8304
      3123 8305 3122 8304 3121 8305 3119 8305
      3119 8298 3117 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 1704Z 225DEG 29KT 3128 8302 

$$

11-MOORE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 4, 10:44 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Thomas	46 min
May 4, 12:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Berrien, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes	26 min

Nearby

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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.