Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 11, 2008, 1:02 AM CST for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 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
- Jan 11, 2008, 1:02 AM CST (07:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2008, 1:30 AM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Coffee County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 713 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 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 110703
TORTAE
ALC031-110730-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0001.080111T0702Z-080111T0730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
102 AM CST FRI JAN 11 2008
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 130 AM CST
* AT 1259 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELBA...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SHADY GROVE BY 110 AM CST...
JACK BY 115 AM CST...
VICTORIA AND MIXONS CROSSROADS BY 120 AM CST...
NEW HOPE AND 7 MILES NORTH OF TABERNACLE BY 125 AM CST...
ROETON BY 130 AM CST...
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3162 8591 3162 8580 3140 8580 3136 8619
3154 8619 3155 8616 3157 8615 3163 8595
TIME...MOT...LOC 0702Z 250DEG 33KT 3148 8612
$$
22-BARRY1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KTAE 110716
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
215 AM EST FRI JAN 11 2008
ALC031-110730-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080111T0730Z/
COFFEE AL-
115 AM CST FRI JAN 11 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CST FOR NORTHERN
COFFEE COUNTY...
AT 113 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF SHADY
GROVE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELBA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
VICTORIA AND MIXONS CROSSROADS BY 120 AM CST...
NEW HOPE AND 7 MILES NORTH OF TABERNACLE BY 125 AM CST...
ROETON BY 130 AM CST...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3162 8591 3162 8580 3140 8580 3136 8619
3154 8619 3155 8616 3157 8615 3163 8595
TIME...MOT...LOC 0715Z 250DEG 33KT 3152 8599
$$
22-BARRYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 1:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 32 min |
| Jan 11, 2:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 46 min |
| Jan 11, 2:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 33 min |
| Jan 11, 2:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale | 32 min |
| Jan 11, 4:39 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.