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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 25, 2026Baker County, Early County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 25, 2026, 3:36 PM EST for Baker County, Early County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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 25, 2026, 3:36 PM EST (20:36 UTC)
Expired: Jan 25, 2026, 4:00 PM EST
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Baker County, GA, Early County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 25, 11:49 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 220 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: 15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 373 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 975 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 1097 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

147 
WFUS52 KTAE 252036
TORTAE
GAC007-099-252100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0008.260125T2036Z-260125T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
336 PM EST Sun Jan 25 2026

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

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

* Until 400 PM EST.

* At 336 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Arlington, or 10 miles southwest of Morgan, moving
  east at 45 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
  Baker and northeastern Early Counties, including the following
  locations... Iveys Mill, Milford, Red Store Crossroads, Damascus,
  Crestview, Douglasville, Old Damascus, Elmodel Wma, Bethany, and
  Patmos.

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 3144 8444 3144 8419 3136 8420 3136 8422
      3134 8423 3134 8427 3133 8428 3131 8433
      3127 8435 3130 8476 3144 8476 3143 8455
      3144 8454 3143 8453 3144 8451 3143 8449
      3145 8446
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 269DEG 39KT 3140 8467 

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

$$

21-HANER

1 follow-up statement

814 
WWUS52 KTAE 252050
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
350 PM EST Sun Jan 25 2026

GAC007-099-252100-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-260125T2100Z/
Baker GA-Early GA-
350 PM EST Sun Jan 25 2026

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BAKER AND NORTHEASTERN EARLY COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 400 PM EST...

The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EST for southwestern
Georgia.

&&

LAT...LON 3144 8444 3144 8419 3136 8420 3136 8422
      3134 8423 3134 8427 3133 8428 3131 8433
      3127 8435 3130 8476 3144 8476 3143 8455
      3144 8454 3143 8453 3144 8451 3143 8449
      3145 8446
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 269DEG 39KT 3140 8452 

$$

21-HANER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 25, 1:01 AM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Early, Miller, Quitman, Randolph and 2 more	33 hr
Jan 25, 1:01 AM EST	Extreme Cold Watch	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Decatur, Dougherty, Early and 8 more	24 hr
Jan 25, 1:01 AM EST	Freeze Watch	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more	24 hr
Jan 25, 10:51 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	TAE	Decatur, Grady, Thomas	2 hr
Jan 25, 2:10 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay, Quitman, Randolph	35 min
Jan 25, 2:34 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Early, Randolph	56 min
Jan 25, 2:50 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Lee, Randolph, Terrell	55 min
Jan 25, 3:04 PM EST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TAE	Early	26 min
Jan 25, 3:09 PM EST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TAE	Early	36 min
Jan 25, 3:12 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Lee and 5 more	63 min
Jan 25, 3:15 PM EST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TAE	Early, Seminole	30 min
Jan 25, 3:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Decatur, Early, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole	66 min
Jan 25, 3:39 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, Turner, Worth	51 min
Jan 25, 4:08 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Colquitt, Dougherty, Miller, Mitchell, Tift and 2 more	52 min
Jan 25, 4:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Colquitt, Decatur, Grady, Miller, Mitchell and 2 more	38 min
Jan 25, 4:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Mitchell and 3 more	60 min
Jan 25, 4:55 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur, Grady and 3 more	65 min
Jan 25, 5:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Tift	33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.