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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2006, 1:49 PM CST for Henry County, Alabama; Clay County, Quitman County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 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, 1:49 PM CST (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2006, 2:30 PM CST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Henry County, AL, Clay County, GA, Quitman County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2:35 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Newville, AL | WIND DAMAGE TO PLANT FACILITY |
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 |
| Nov 15, 12:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 156 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTAE 151949 TORTAE ALC067-GAC061-239-152030- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0040.061115T1949Z-061115T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 149 PM CST WED NOV 15 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ABBEVILLE CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FORT GAINES QUITMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 230 PM CST(330 PM EST) * AT 146 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH OF ABBEVILLE...OR ABOUT NEAR HEADLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ABBEVILLE BY 155 PM CST... 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT GAINES BY 310 PM EST... 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. LAT...LON 3141 8543 3132 8525 3172 8496 3195 8502 $$ 9-FOURNIER
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KTAE 152015 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 315 PM EST WED NOV 15 2006 ALC067-152025- /O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-061115T2030Z/ HENRY AL- 215 PM CST WED NOV 15 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HENRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3173 8511 3164 8506 3191 8491 3196 8506 $$ GAC061-239-152030- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-061115T2030Z/ CLAY GA-QUITMAN GA- 315 PM EST WED NOV 15 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EST FOR QUITMAN AND NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTIES... AT 311 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF UNION...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF AMERICUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. REPORTS OF DOWN TREES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN HENRY COUNTY. 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. LAT...LON 3173 8511 3164 8506 3191 8491 3196 8506 $$ 9-FOURNIER
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, 11:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 44 min |
| 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, 2:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry, Houston | 35 min |
| Nov 15, 2:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 35 min |
| Nov 15, 2:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Randolph | 32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.