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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 25, 2008Coffee County, Alabama

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 25, 7:28 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC13 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2008-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2334 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2008-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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-MROCZKA
1 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-MROCZKA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 7:20 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEHouston40 min
Aug 25, 7:51 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEHouston39 min
Aug 25, 11:33 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEGeneva27 min
Aug 26, 1:12 AM CDTTornado WarningTAECoffee, Geneva18 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.