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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 15, 2006Coffee County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2006, 11:31 AM CST for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Nov 15, 2006, 11:31 AM CST (17:31 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 2006, 12:15 PM CST
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Coffee County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 15, 11:50 AM CST	TORNADO	2 Ne Elba, AL	NUMEROUS TREES FELLED BY POSSIBLE TORNADO.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 15, 9:54 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 198 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -188 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 657 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 151731
TORTAE
ALC031-151815-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0033.061115T1731Z-061115T1815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1131 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ELBA

* UNTIL 1215 PM CST

* AT 1127 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELBA...OR ABOUT 10 MILES
  EAST OF ANDALUSIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ELBA BY 1150 AM CST...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST
GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3148 8581 3139 8596 3135 8600 3133 8606
      3124 8619 3148 8619 3162 8601 3162 8579

$$

12-WATSON

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KTAE 151748
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1248 PM EST WED NOV 15 2006

ALC031-151815-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-061115T1815Z/
COFFEE AL-
1148 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
COFFEE COUNTY...

AT 1142 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DANLEYS
CROSSROADS...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF ELBA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING 
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST 
GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3148 8581 3139 8596 3135 8600 3133 8606
      3124 8619 3148 8619 3162 8601 3162 8579

$$

12-WATSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 15, 3:42 AM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	17 hr
Nov 15, 12:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale	19 min
Nov 15, 1:03 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Geneva	27 min
Nov 15, 1:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Dale, Houston	34 min
Nov 15, 1:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Geneva	48 min
Nov 15, 1:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Henry	41 min
Nov 15, 2:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Henry, Houston	35 min
Nov 15, 2:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Henry	35 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.