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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 2, 2017Early County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 2, 2017, 9:17 PM EST for Early County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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: Jan 2, 2017, 9:17 PM EST (02:17 UTC)
Expired: Jan 2, 2017, 9:45 PM EST
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

County Early County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 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.

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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 121 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.

195 
WFUS52 KTAE 030217
TORTAE
GAC099-030245-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0007.170103T0217Z-170103T0245Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northern Early County in southwestern Georgia...

* Until 945 PM EST
    
* At 917 PM EST, a tornado producing storm was located near Blakely,
  moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Damaging tornado. 

  SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado. 

  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 storm will be near...
  Blakely around 925 PM EST. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Kolomoki Mounds Sp, Rowena, Early Co A/p and Colomokee.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 3128 8498 3131 8503 3148 8493 3138 8470
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 212DEG 23KT 3131 8498 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
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, 9:04 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Early, Miller	26 min
Jan 2, 9:08 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Early, Miller, Seminole	37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.