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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 9, 2000Dale County, Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 9, 2000, 6:45 AM CST for Dale County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Nov 9, 2000, 6:45 AM CST (12:45 UTC)
Expired
Nov 9, 2000, 7:30 AM CST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Dale 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
Nov 9, 4:30 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2000-11-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 99 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 2000-11-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 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
99 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
591 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 091246
TORTLH

ALC045-069-091330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
645 AM CST THU NOV 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN DALE COUNTY IN ALABAMA
  NORTHWESTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN ALABAMA

* UNTIL 730 AM CST...

* AT 641 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTH OF PINCKARD...OR ABOUT 13 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF DALEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PINCKARD BY 655 AM CST...
  MIDLAND CITY BY 700 AM CST...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING
FOR ALABAMA AND FLORIDA AND GEORGIA.


LAT...LON 3121 8566 3121 8547 3131 8542 3143 8543

.END
12-WATSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 9, 6:26 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEGeneva34 min
Nov 9, 7:03 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEHouston42 min
Nov 9, 9:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDale, Henry, Houston44 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.