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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 2008, 7:20 PM CDT for Jackson County, Florida; Houston County, Alabama; Early County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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, 7:20 PM CDT (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2008, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Houston County, AL, Jackson County, FL, Early County, GA
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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 260020
TORTAE
ALC069-FLC063-GAC099-260100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0048.080826T0020Z-080826T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
720 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEAST JACKSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWESTERN EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT/900 PM EDT/
* AT 716 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR MALONE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
COTTONWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 21 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
GRANGEBURG BY 725 PM CDT...
CROSBY AND CHATTAHOOCHEE SP BY 740 PM CDT...
HARMON SCHOOL BY 745 PM CDT...
GORDON BY 755 PM CDT...
SAFFOLD...HOWARDS MILL...JAKIN AND CEDAR SPRINGS BY 900 PM EDT...
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.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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 3116 8493 3108 8498 3108 8501 3106 8500
3104 8500 3090 8509 3094 8527 3120 8514
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 213DEG 18KT 3095 8516
$$
17-GOULDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 37 min |
| Aug 25, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson, Washington | 49 min |
| Aug 25, 10:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 29 min |
| Aug 25, 11:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes | 27 min |
| Aug 26, 3:33 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 57 min | |
| Aug 26, 10:40 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 36 hr |
| Aug 26, 11:03 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TAE | Madison | 36 hr |
| Aug 25, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 24 min |
| Aug 25, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 39 min |
| Aug 26, 1:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 18 min |
| Aug 25, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Miller, Seminole | 46 min |
| Aug 25, 9:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early, Miller | 44 min |
| Aug 26, 12:57 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Decatur, Miller, Seminole | 59 hr |
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.