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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 25, 1997Henry County, Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 25, 1997, 7:42 PM CDT for Henry County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 25, 1997, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired
Oct 25, 1997, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL

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, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 00:00Z on 1997-10-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2584 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1997-10-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 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
2584 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.4
Supercell composite
9.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTLH 260040 RRA
TORTLH
ALC067-069-260130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
842 PM EDT (642 PM CST) SAT OCT 25 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM EDT (730 PM CST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
 
   ...HENRY COUNTY...NORTHERN HOUSTON COUNTY
 
AT 738 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF HOUSTON
COUNTY...ABOUT 5 TO 10 MILES WEST OF DOTHAN. RADAR INDICATES A POSSIBLE
TORNADO DEVELOPING IN THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE
EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF DOTHAN
THROUGH 755 PM CDT.
 
THIS STORM WILL REACH THE SOUTHERN PART OF HENRY COUNTY AROUND 800 PM
CDT. ANOTHER STORM MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTY MAY ALSO
PRODUCE DAMAGE ACROSS THE COUNTY.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS UNDER
STURDY FURNITURE IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE
PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. A MOBILE HOME IS NOT A
SAFE REFUGE FROM A TORNADO. MOVE TO A MORE SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 25, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEDale30 min
Oct 26, 9:52 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEHouston53 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.