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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 3, 2018Lowndes County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 3, 2018, 3:04 AM EST for Lowndes County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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: Dec 3, 2018, 3:04 AM EST (08:04 UTC)
Expired: Dec 3, 2018, 3:30 AM EST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Lowndes County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:05 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

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 118 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: 1233 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.2
Supercell composite: 6.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

310 
WFUS52 KTAE 030804
TORTAE
GAC185-030830-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0042.181203T0804Z-181203T0830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
304 AM EST MON DEC 3 2018

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Lowndes County in south central Georgia...

* Until 330 AM EST.
    
* At 304 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Lake Park, 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 Lowndes County, including the following locations...
  Dasher, I-75 At Exit 5, I-75 At Exit 11, Valdosta Regional Airport,
  Twin Lakes and Clyattville.

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 3083 8309 3083 8310 3080 8310 3080 8313
      3077 8314 3068 8314 3063 8320 3063 8326
      3074 8336 3088 8311 3085 8309
TIME...MOT...LOC 0804Z 239DEG 49KT 3074 8320 

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

$$

13-LN

1 follow-up statement

883 
WWUS52 KTAE 030824
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
324 AM EST MON DEC 3 2018

GAC185-030834-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-181203T0830Z/
Lowndes GA-
324 AM EST MON DEC 3 2018

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LOWNDES COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
330 AM EST...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3083 8309 3083 8310 3080 8310 3080 8313
      3077 8314 3068 8314 3063 8320 3063 8326
      3074 8336 3088 8311 3085 8309
TIME...MOT...LOC 0824Z 239DEG 49KT 3087 8295 

$$

13-LN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 2, 11:53 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes	6 hr
Dec 3, 2:24 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lowndes	36 min
Dec 3, 2:38 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Brooks, Lowndes	37 min
Dec 3, 5:51 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	TAE	Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes	3 hr
Dec 3, 10:05 AM EST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Dougherty	23 min
Dec 3, 10:05 AM EST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Baker, Mitchell	24 hr

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.