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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 11, 2008Dale County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 11, 2008, 2:43 AM CST for 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, 2:43 AM CST (08:43 UTC)
Expired
Jan 11, 2008, 3:15 AM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Dale 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 110843
TORTAE
ALC045-110915-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0004.080111T0843Z-080111T0915Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OZARK...

* UNTIL 315 AM CST

* AT 241 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OZARK...OR ABOUT NEAR FORT
  RUCKER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  OZARK BY 250 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 ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST FRIDAY 
MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE 
AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3162 8552 3149 8541 3136 8571 3144 8577
TIME...MOT...LOC 0843Z 237DEG 31KT 3143 8570

$$

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, 2:14 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEHenry46 min
Jan 11, 2:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee, Dale33 min
Jan 11, 4:39 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEHouston36 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.