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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 3, 2001Henry County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 2001, 7:51 PM CST for Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 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
Mar 3, 2001, 7:51 PM CST (01:51 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2001, 8:30 PM CST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Henry County, AL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 3, 3:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 2001-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 544 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 00:00Z on 2001-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
544 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
660 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 040152
TORTLH
ALC067-040230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
751 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES HEADLAND...

* UNTIL 830 PM CST...

* AT 746 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF HEADLAND...MOVING EAST AT
  35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HEADLAND BY 755 PM CST...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING 
FOR ALABAMA AND FLORIDA. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...ABANDON YOUR MOBI*LE HOME FOR
A REINFORCED SHELTER.


LAT...LON 3147 8541 3134 8541 3132 8509 3161 8508

.END

12-WATSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 6:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee, Geneva49 min
Mar 3, 7:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDale, Houston40 min
Mar 3, 7:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHenry34 min
Mar 3, 7:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHouston49 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.