Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 18, 2008, 1:06 AM EST for Gadsden County, Florida; Decatur County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 min. 6 reports 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
- Feb 18, 2008, 1:06 AM EST (06:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2008, 1:45 AM EST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Gadsden County, FL, Decatur County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 1:08 AM EST | TORNADO 0 | 4 Ssw Mt Pleasant, FL | *** 1 INJ *** CONFIRMED EF-0 TORNADO CROSSED INTERSTATE 10 AT MILE MARKER 168. AN 18-WHEELER WAS TOSSED OFF THE HIGHWAY WITH MINOR INJURIES TO THE DRIVER. A MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH WAS ALSO REPORTED WITH NO INJURIES. NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWN IN THE AREA WITH DEBRI |
| Feb 18, 1:08 AM EST | TORNADO | 4 Ssw Mt Pleasant, FL | POSSIBLE TORNADO LIKELY CROSSED INTERSTATE 10 AT MILE MARKER 168. MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH REPORTED WITH NO INJURIES. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE AREA WITH DEBRIS ON EAST AND WEST BOUND LANES OF THE INTERSTATE. |
| Feb 18, 1:13 AM EST | TORNADO 1 | Mt Pleasant, FL | EF-1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN MT PLEASANT. SEVERAL HOMES WERE SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED WITH LARGE OAK TREES UPROOTED. NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED IN THE AREA. A FEW BARNS WERE DAMAGED. THE STRONGEST WINDS WITH THE TORNADO WERE ESTIMATED AT 110 MPH WITH A MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH |
| Feb 18, 1:13 AM EST | TORNADO | Mt Pleasant, FL | POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED IN MT PLEASANT. SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED. NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED IN THE AREA. A FEW BARNS WERE DAMAGED. |
| Feb 18, 1:38 AM EST | TORNADO 0 | 4 S Climax, GA | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS SOUTHEAST DECATUR COUNTY. SEVERAL RESIDENCES DAMAGED BY TREES FALLING ON THEM. MAXIMUM WINDS WITH THE TONRADO OCCURRED BETWEEN ATTAPULGUS AND FOWLSTOWN AND WERE ESTIMATED TO BE 70 MPH. |
| Feb 18, 1:38 AM EST | TORNADO | 4 S Climax, GA | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS SOUTHEAST DECATUR COUNTY. TWO RESIDENCES DAMAGED. ONE TREE FELL ON A RESIDENCE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 6:58 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 593 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 478 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KTAE 180607 RRA
TORTAE
FLC039-GAC087-180645-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0013.080218T0606Z-080218T0645Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
106 AM EST MON FEB 18 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN GADSDEN COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
SOUTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 145 AM EST
* AT 104 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF QUINCY...OR 19 MILES NORTHEAST
OF BLOUNTSTOWN...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
6 MILES NORTH OF QUINCY BY 125 AM EST...
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EST MONDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3071 8436 3070 8437 3068 8436 3059 8435
3058 8437 3052 8479 3070 8484 3085 8438
TIME...MOT...LOC 0606Z 251DEG 27KT 3063 8476
$$
22-BARRY1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KTAE 180616
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
116 AM EST MON FEB 18 2008
FLC039-GAC087-180645-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080218T0645Z/
GADSDEN FL-DECATUR GA-
116 AM EST MON FEB 18 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM EST FOR SOUTHERN
DECATUR AND NORTHERN GADSDEN COUNTIES...
AT 113 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MT PLEASANT...OR
19 MILES SOUTH OF BAINBRIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
6 MILES SOUTH OF FACEVILLE AND 6 MILES NORTH OF QUINCY AIRPORT BY
125 AM EST...
DOGTOWN AND BRANCHVILLE BY 135 AM EST...
LAINGKAT...ATTAPULGUS...JAMIESON AND HINSON BY 140 AM EST...
AMSTERDAM AND DARSEY BY 145 AM EST...
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EST MONDAY MORNING FOR
CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3071 8436 3070 8437 3068 8436 3059 8435
3058 8437 3052 8479 3070 8484 3085 8438
TIME...MOT...LOC 0616Z 251DEG 27KT 3065 8468
$$
22-BARRYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 7:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson, Washington | 40 min |
| Feb 17, 7:18 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 117 min | |
| Feb 17, 7:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay | 57 min |
| Feb 17, 9:18 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 117 min | |
| Feb 17, 10:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun | 42 min |
| Feb 17, 10:23 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Feb 17, 10:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 57 min |
| Feb 18, 12:18 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 117 min | |
| Feb 18, 1:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gulf | 44 min |
| Feb 18, 2:25 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Feb 18, 3:52 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 113 min | |
| Feb 18, 5:38 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Feb 18, 3:43 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 37 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:43 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 27 hr |
| Feb 17, 7:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Clay | 43 min |
| Feb 17, 9:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady | 39 min |
| Feb 18, 1:06 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur | 39 min |
| Feb 18, 1:33 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Grady | 42 min |
| Feb 18, 2:01 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas | 44 min |
| Feb 18, 2:37 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Tift, Worth | 38 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.