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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 1, 2003Coffee County, Dale County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 2003, 9:18 AM CDT for Coffee County, Dale 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 as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 2003, 9:18 AM CDT (14:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2003, 9:45 AM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 1, 1:25 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 111 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2003-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1019 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2003-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 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
1019 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
702 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

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

796 
WFUS52 KTAE 011418
TORTLH
ALC031-045-011445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
918 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES ENTERPRISE...
  WESTERN DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 945 AM CDT

* AT 917 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH OF ENTERPRISE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
  NORTH OF GENEVA...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ENTERPRISE...LEVEL PLAINS BY 925 AM 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.

LAT...LON 3119 8595 3117 8585 3147 8567 3154 8584

$$

22-BARRY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 7:44 AM CDTTornado WarningTAECoffee31 min
Jul 1, 8:40 AM CDTTornado WarningTAECoffee, Geneva35 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.