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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 2, 2017, 9:23 PM EST for Baker County, Calhoun County, Early County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 min. 2 reports 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
- Jan 2, 2017, 9:23 PM EST (02:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2017, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Baker County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Early County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:22 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 9:34 PM EST | TORNADO | 5 S Arlington, GA | EF-2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF HIGHWAY 45 NORTH OF BILLY NEWBERRY ROAD. THE TORNADO LIFTTED JUST NORTH OF NEWTON RD AFTER A PATH OF 4.6 MILES. THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE ALONG THE PATH AS WELL AS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ON THE PERIPHERY. THE DAMAGE WA |
| Jan 2, 9:35 PM EST | TORNADO | 5 S Arlington, GA | TREES DOWN IN EARLY COUNTY WITH DUAL-POL TDS AT THIS LOCATION |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 4:46 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 115 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
162
WFUS52 KTAE 030223
TORTAE
GAC007-037-099-030300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0008.170103T0223Z-170103T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
923 PM EST MON JAN 2 2017
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
South central Calhoun County in southwestern Georgia...
West central Baker County in southwestern Georgia...
Northeastern Early County in southwestern Georgia...
* Until 1000 PM EST
* At 923 PM EST, a tornado producing storm was located 7 miles
southeast of Blakely, moving northeast at 40 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...
Arlington around 945 PM EST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Old
Damascus, Cuba, Bethany, Hentown, Rowena, Damascus, Douglasville,
Commissary Hill and Crestview.
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 3151 8465 3129 8458 3125 8485 3126 8488
3132 8493
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 233DEG 35KT 3129 8486
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
ADLThe 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, 9:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early | 28 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 | 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 | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.