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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 25, 2008Dale County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 2008, 7:58 AM CDT for Dale County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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: Aug 25, 2008, 7:58 AM CDT (12:58 UTC)
Expired: Aug 25, 2008, 8:30 AM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Dale County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 25, 8:20 AM CDT	TORNADO	4 W Skipperville, AL	POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 19 AND COUNTY ROAD 15 IN NORTH CENTRAL DALE COUNTY. SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND A BARN DAMAGED. TIME ESTIMATE OF 820 AM CDT BY RADAR.

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
Aug 25, 7:28 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	13 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 180 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2886 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 251258
TORTAE
ALC045-251330-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0041.080825T1258Z-080825T1330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
758 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OZARK...FORT RUCKER...

* UNTIL 830 AM CDT

* AT 756 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR OZARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 27 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ARITON BY 815 AM CDT...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3163 8557 3163 8552 3162 8551 3134 8572
      3136 8579 3163 8575
TIME...MOT...LOC 1258Z 206DEG 23KT 3146 8571

$$

38-GODSEY

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KTAE 251307
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
907 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2008

ALC045-251330-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-080825T1330Z/
DALE AL-
807 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL DALE COUNTY...

AT 805 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MARLEY HILL...4 
MILES NORTHWEST OF OZARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 27 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ARITON BY 815 AM CDT...
  ARGUTA BY 820 AM CDT...
  PHILLIPS CROSSROADS...DYKES CROSSROADS AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  ROBERTS CROSSROADS BY 825 AM CDT...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3163 8552 3162 8551 3147 8563 3148 8575
      3163 8575
TIME...MOT...LOC 1307Z 205DEG 24KT 3152 8568

$$

38-GODSEY

000 
WWUS52 KTAE 251330
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
930 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2008

ALC045-251339-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-080825T1330Z/
DALE AL-
829 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL DALE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 
830 AM CDT...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED NORTH OF DALE 
COUNTY...THUS THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

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 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON 
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3163 8552 3162 8551 3147 8563 3148 8575
      3163 8575
TIME...MOT...LOC 1329Z 205DEG 24KT 3165 8561

$$

38-GODSEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 25, 7:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dale, Geneva, Houston	48 min
Aug 25, 9:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Henry	27 min
Aug 25, 10:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	32 hr
Aug 25, 5:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Houston	25 min
Aug 25, 6:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Houston	30 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.