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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 2008, 6:14 PM CDT for Houston County, Alabama; Early County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2008, 6:44 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Houston County, AL, Early County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 6:26 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Se Gordon, AL | TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN THE LUCY COMMUNITY. 1 MOBILE HOME DESTROYED IN THE 7400 BLOCK OF EAST COUNTY ROAD 8. |
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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTAE 252314 TORTAE ALC069-GAC099-260000- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0046.080825T2314Z-080826T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 614 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT/800 PM EDT/ * AT 607 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 17 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBIA...OR 6 MILES EAST OF COTTONWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 22 MPH. REPORTS HAVE COME IN FROM THE PUBLIC OF AN EARLIER TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN NORTH CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... GORDON BY BY 620 PM CDT... 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 3131 8512 3123 8492 3100 8514 3107 8526 TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 216DEG 19KT 3108 8518 $$ 14-MROCZKA
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KTAE 252331
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
731 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008
ALC069-GAC099-260000-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-080826T0000Z/
HOUSTON AL-EARLY GA-
729 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT/700 PM CDT/
FOR SOUTHWESTERN EARLY AND NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTIES...
AT 626 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GORDON...OR 12
MILES NORTHEAST OF COTTONWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 22 MPH.
A TORNADO HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED ON THE GROUND WITH THIS STORM
NEAR THE GORDON AREA OF EASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
JOSEPH M. FARLEY NP...CEDAR SPRINGS AND HOWARDS MILL BY 740 PM
EDT...
COLUMBIA BY 650 PM CDT...
HILTON BY 755 PM EDT...
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3126 8499 3123 8492 3122 8494 3121 8494
3108 8506 3116 8519 3131 8512
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 216DEG 19KT 3115 8512
$$
14-MROCZKA000
WWUS52 KTAE 252344
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
744 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008
ALC069-GAC099-252352-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-080826T0000Z/
HOUSTON AL-EARLY GA-
742 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN EARLY AND NORTHEASTERN
HOUSTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE ROTATION WITH THIS STORM HAS
SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED RESULTING IN THE CANCELLATION OF THE
TORNADO WARNING.
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 3126 8499 3123 8492 3122 8494 3121 8494
3108 8506 3116 8519 3131 8512
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 216DEG 19KT 3121 8507
$$
14-MROCZKAThe 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, 7:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale | 32 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, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Dougherty | 20 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.