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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 17, 2019Baker County, Mitchell County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 17, 2019, 9:51 AM EST for Baker County, Mitchell County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 min. 3 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: Dec 17, 2019, 9:51 AM EST (14:51 UTC)
Expired: Dec 17, 2019, 10:30 AM EST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Baker County, GA, Mitchell County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:55 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
Dec 17, 9:52 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Se Elmodel Wma, GA	REPORT OF A HOME DAMAGE ALONG TRAVELERS REST ROAD.
Dec 17, 10:00 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Newton, GA	MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Dec 17, 10:00 AM EST	TORNADO	3 Se Elmodel Wma, GA	NWS SURVEY FOUND EF-0 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 70 MPH. DAMAGE TO A HOME AND IRRIGATION PIVOT IN THE AREA.

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
Dec 17, 7:54 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 107 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: 155 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 589 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 318 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 284 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

As transmitted.

517 
WFUS52 KTAE 171451
TORTAE
GAC007-205-171530-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0072.191217T1451Z-191217T1530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
951 AM EST Tue Dec 17 2019

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Mitchell County in southwestern Georgia...
  Northeastern Baker County in southwestern Georgia...

* Until 1030 AM EST.
    
* At 951 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Newton, moving east at 40 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...
  Newton around 1000 AM EST.
  Baconton around 1015 AM EST.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Hawkinstown, Lester, Flint, Freeman, Red Store Crossroads, Greenough
and Elmodel Wma.

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 3131 8400 3123 8451 3141 8452 3144 8418
      3144 8400
TIME...MOT...LOC 1451Z 253DEG 34KT 3132 8444 

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

$$

38-GODSEY

1 follow-up statement

749 
WWUS52 KTAE 171505
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1005 AM EST Tue Dec 17 2019

GAC007-205-171530-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-191217T1530Z/
Mitchell GA-Baker GA-
1005 AM EST Tue Dec 17 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN MITCHELL AND NORTHEASTERN BAKER COUNTIES...
    
At 1005 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Newton, moving east 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...
  Baconton around 1020 AM EST.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Lester, Greenough, Flint, Freeman and Red Store Crossroads.

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 3131 8400 3125 8440 3142 8439 3144 8418
      3144 8400
TIME...MOT...LOC 1505Z 256DEG 29KT 3133 8432 

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

$$

38-GODSEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 17, 7:30 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Clay, Early	17 min
Dec 17, 8:57 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Early, Miller	48 min
Dec 17, 9:07 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Quitman, Randolph, Terrell	38 min
Dec 17, 9:14 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay	46 min
Dec 17, 9:24 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Baker, Early, Miller	36 min
Dec 17, 10:03 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Early, Miller	42 min
Dec 17, 10:26 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth	49 min
Dec 17, 10:28 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur	47 min
Dec 17, 11:09 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth	36 min
Dec 17, 11:16 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Grady	44 min
Dec 17, 11:33 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner	42 min
Dec 17, 11:40 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin	35 min
Dec 17, 12:06 PM EST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin	24 min
Dec 17, 12:33 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Thomas	42 min
Dec 17, 1:12 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes	63 min
Dec 17, 1:47 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes	43 min

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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.