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Tornado Warning 69, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 23, 2017Lee County, Worth County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2017, 1:22 PM EDT for Lee County, Worth County, Georgia. It was in force for 11 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: May 23, 2017, 1:22 PM EDT (17:22 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2017, 1:33 PM EDT
In force: 11 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Lee County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:25 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
May 23, 1:27 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Oakfield, GA	TREES, POWERLINES AND STREET SIGNS DOWN NEAR COUNTY ROAD 300.

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
May 23, 10:10 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 164 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: 205 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 885 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

445 
WFUS52 KTAE 231722
TORTAE
GAC177-321-231745-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0069.170523T1722Z-170523T1745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
122 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2017

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

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

* Until 145 PM EDT
    
* At 122 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 12 miles west of Arabi, or 14 miles east of Leesburg,
  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
  northeastern Lee and northwestern Worth Counties, including the
  following locations: Warwick, Philema 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 3190 8393 3186 8393 3186 8394 3184 8394
      3184 8386 3182 8385 3183 8384 3181 8383
      3180 8380 3178 8380 3171 8403 3184 8410
      3191 8397 3191 8392
TIME...MOT...LOC 1722Z 239DEG 32KT 3181 8395 

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

$$

15-HARRIGAN

1 follow-up statement

126 
WWUS52 KTAE 231733
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
133 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2017

GAC177-321-231743-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-170523T1745Z/
Lee GA-Worth GA-
133 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LEE AND NORTHWESTERN WORTH
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 600 PM EDT for south central
and southwestern Georgia.

LAT...LON 3190 8393 3186 8393 3186 8394 3184 8394
      3184 8386 3182 8385 3183 8384 3181 8383
      3180 8380 3178 8380 3171 8403 3184 8410
      3191 8397 3191 8392
TIME...MOT...LOC 1732Z 239DEG 32KT 3186 8384 

$$

15-HARRIGAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 11:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Randolph	38 min
May 23, 11:47 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Randolph	28 min
May 23, 5:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Baker	20 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.