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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 4, 2019Mitchell County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 4, 2019, 7:54 AM EST for Mitchell County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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 4, 2019, 7:54 AM EST (12:54 UTC)
Expired: Jan 4, 2019, 8:30 AM EST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Mitchell County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 85 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: 243 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 602 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 235 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 284 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 2.2

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The text

As transmitted.

470 
WFUS52 KTAE 041254
TORTAE
GAC205-041330-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0003.190104T1254Z-190104T1330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
754 AM EST FRI JAN 4 2019

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southern Mitchell County in southwestern Georgia...

* Until 830 AM EST.
    
* At 753 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 11 miles southwest of Camilla, 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 dangerous storm will be near...
  Pelham around 810 AM EST.
  Camilla around 815 AM EST.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Branchville and Mitchell Co A/P.

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 3118 8405 3108 8431 3108 8441 3111 8444
      3134 8423
TIME...MOT...LOC 1253Z 228DEG 29KT 3113 8436 

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

$$

11-NGUYEN

1 follow-up statement

603 
WWUS52 KTAE 041321
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
821 AM EST FRI JAN 4 2019

GAC205-041330-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-190104T1330Z/
Mitchell GA-
821 AM EST FRI JAN 4 2019

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
830 AM EST...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3118 8405 3108 8431 3108 8441 3111 8444
      3134 8423
TIME...MOT...LOC 1320Z 228DEG 29KT 3128 8417 

$$

11-NGUYEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 4, 5:34 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay	26 min
Jan 4, 5:37 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Clay, Quitman	12 min
Jan 4, 6:26 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Randolph, Terrell	17 min
Jan 4, 7:31 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Colquitt, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth	44 min
Jan 4, 8:30 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Grady, Thomas	45 min
Jan 4, 10:25 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill	35 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.