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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 28, 1998Coffee County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 28, 1998, 1:13 PM CDT for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 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
Sep 28, 1998, 1:13 PM CDT (18:13 UTC)
Expired
Sep 28, 1998, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Coffee County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 28, 1:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC12 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 1998-09-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 730 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 1998-09-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 146 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
730 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
760 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

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

508 
WFUS1 KTLH 281816 RRA
TORTLH
ALC031-281845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
213 PM EDT MON SEP 28 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA

* UNTIL 145 PM CDT (245 PM EDT)

* AT 110 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A POSSIBLE TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELBA OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF NEW BROCKTON MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE...
ELBA                       BY 125 PM CDT


THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR.

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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.