Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 11, 2008, 1:28 AM CST for Coffee County, Dale County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 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, 1:28 AM CST (07:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2008, 2:00 AM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 1:21 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 110729
TORTAE
ALC031-045-110800-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0002.080111T0728Z-080111T0800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
128 AM CST FRI JAN 11 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
NORTHERN DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 200 AM CST
* AT 127 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF ARITON...OR ABOUT 14 MILES
NORTHEAST OF ELBA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ARITON BY 145 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 3163 8552 3157 8551 3148 8592 3159 8596
3163 8591
TIME...MOT...LOC 0728Z 246DEG 32KT 3155 8587
$$
22-BARRY1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KTAE 110747
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
247 AM EST FRI JAN 11 2008
ALC031-110757-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080111T0800Z/
COFFEE AL-
147 AM CST FRI JAN 11 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700
AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND
SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3157 8551 3152 8579 3157 8579 3158 8579
3159 8579 3163 8578 3163 8552
TIME...MOT...LOC 0747Z 248DEG 31KT 3160 8569
$$
ALC045-110800-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080111T0800Z/
DALE AL-
147 AM CST FRI JAN 11 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN DALE COUNTY...
AT 145 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ARITON...OR ABOUT
11 MILES NORTHWEST OF OZARK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PHILLIPS CROSSROADS...DYKES CROSSROADS AND ARGUTA BY 155 AM CST...
ROBERTS CROSSROADS BY 200 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3157 8551 3152 8579 3157 8579 3158 8579
3159 8579 3163 8578 3163 8552
TIME...MOT...LOC 0747Z 248DEG 31KT 3160 8569
$$
22-BARRYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 1:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 28 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.