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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 25, 1997Coffee County, Dale County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 25, 1997, 6:15 PM CDT for Coffee County, Dale County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Oct 25, 1997, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Oct 25, 1997, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 25, 6:38 PM CDTTornado F0Daleville, ALA brief F0 tornado touchdown south of Alabama Highway 84 near Daleville.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 25, 1:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Oct 25, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Oct 25, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 182 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 1997-10-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1051 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 1997-10-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 222 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1051 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTLH 252313 RRA
TORTLH
ALC031-045-260000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
715 PM EDT (615 PM CDT) SAT OCT 25 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 25, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEHouston46 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.