Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 47, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 2008, 7:10 PM CDT for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 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
- Aug 25, 2008, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2008, 7:34 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Coffee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 7:28 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 13 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 2334 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 6.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KTAE 260010
TORTAE
ALC031-260100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0047.080826T0010Z-080826T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
710 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ENTERPRISE...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 707 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ENTERPRISE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 22 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ENTERPRISE BY 740 PM CDT...
NEW BROCKTON BY 745 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 3143 8601 3141 8580 3129 8582 3125 8584
3121 8594 3121 8610
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 209DEG 19KT 3122 8604
$$
14-MROCZKA1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KTAE 260034
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
834 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008
ALC031-260044-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-080826T0100Z/
COFFEE AL-
734 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE ROTATION WITH THIS STORM HAS
SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED RESULTING IN THE CANCELLATION OF THE
TORNADO WARNING.
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3143 8601 3141 8580 3129 8582 3125 8584
3121 8594 3121 8610
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 209DEG 19KT 3133 8597
$$
14-MROCZKAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 40 min |
| Aug 25, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 39 min |
| Aug 25, 11:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 27 min |
| Aug 26, 1:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 18 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.