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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 11, 2008Henry County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 11, 2008, 2:14 AM CST for Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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, 2:14 AM CST (08:14 UTC)
Expired
Jan 11, 2008, 3:00 AM CST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Henry County, AL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 11, 1:21 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 172 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2008-01-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 53 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2008-01-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 110816
TORTAE
ALC067-110900-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0003.080111T0814Z-080111T0900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
214 AM CST FRI JAN 11 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 300 AM CST

* AT 213 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A POSSIBLE TORNADO WEST OF EDWIN...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST     
  OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  EDWIN BY 225 AM CST...
  LAWRENCEVILLE BY 235 AM CST...
  SCREAMER BY 245 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.

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...PORTIONS OF THE 
FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3175 8520 3163 8520 3163 8542 3172 8542
      3171 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 0814Z 253DEG 26KT 3166 8546

$$

22-BARRY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 11, 1:02 AM CSTTornado WarningTAECoffee28 min
Jan 11, 1:28 AM CSTTornado WarningTAECoffee, Dale32 min
Jan 11, 2:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee, Dale33 min
Jan 11, 2:43 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEDale32 min
Jan 11, 4:39 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEHouston36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.