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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 24, 2001Coffee County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2001, 9:18 PM CST for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 27 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 24, 2001, 9:18 PM CST (03:18 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 2001, 9:45 PM CST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Coffee County, AL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 24, 5:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 195 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2001-11-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1498 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2001-11-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 341 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
1498 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
511 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
341 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
429 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.1
Supercell composite
12.7

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The text

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

354 
WFUS52 KTAE 250319
TORTLH
ALC031-250345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
918 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 PM CST...

* AT 914 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JACK...OR ABOUT 10 MILES
  NORTH OF ELBA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  VICTORIA...MIXONS CROSSROADS BY 920 PM CST...
  NEW HOPE BY 935 PM CST...
  ROETON BY 940 PM CST...

IF A TORNADO THREATENS YOUR LOCATION GO TO YOUR SAFE ROOM OR TORNADO
SHELTER. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A SAFE ROOM OR TORNADO SHELTER...SEEK
SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM OF THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME.

LAT...LON 3162 8611 3150 8608 3146 8581 3162 8581

.END

12-WATSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 8:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee50 min
Nov 24, 9:36 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTAECoffee54 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.