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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 11, 2008, 4:39 AM CST for Houston County, Alabama; Early County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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
- Jan 11, 2008, 4:39 AM CST (10:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2008, 5:15 AM CST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Houston County, AL, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 1:21 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 713 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTAE 111042 TORTAE ALC069-GAC099-111115- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0005.080111T1039Z-080111T1115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 539 AM EST FRI JAN 11 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHERN EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 615 AM EST...515 AM CST * AT 537 AM EST...437 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR PANSEY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF COTTONWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... JOSEPH M. FARLEY NP...GORDON AND GEORGE W. ANDREWS LD BY 445 AM CST... SAFFOLD BY 550 AM EST... CEDAR SPRINGS AND HOWARDS MILL BY 555 AM EST... HOWARDS MILL BY 600 AM EST... JONES CROSSROADS AND 6 MILES NORTH OF KILLARNEY BY 605 AM EST... LUCILE BY 610 AM EST... 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 800 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING/700 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING/ FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3129 8491 3109 8492 3112 8520 3125 8518 TIME...MOT...LOC 1039Z 255DEG 23KT 3118 8514 $$ 22-BARRY
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KTAE 111055
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
554 AM EST FRI JAN 11 2008
ALC069-111104-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080111T1115Z/
HOUSTON AL-
454 AM CST FRI JAN 11 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HOUSTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700
AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3129 8491 3110 8492 3109 8493 3110 8494
3112 8504 3125 8509
TIME...MOT...LOC 1054Z 255DEG 23KT 3120 8503
$$
GAC099-111115-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080111T1115Z/
EARLY GA-
554 AM EST FRI JAN 11 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM EST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN EARLY COUNTY...
AT 553 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CEDAR SPRINGS...OR
ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLAKELY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HOWARDS MILL BY 600 AM EST...
JONES CROSSROADS AND 6 MILES NORTH OF KILLARNEY BY 605 AM EST...
LUCILE BY 610 AM EST...
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 800 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3129 8491 3110 8492 3109 8493 3110 8494
3112 8504 3125 8509
TIME...MOT...LOC 1054Z 255DEG 23KT 3120 8503
$$
22-BARRYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 1:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 28 min |
| Jan 11, 1:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 32 min |
| Jan 11, 2:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 46 min |
| Jan 11, 2:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 33 min |
| Jan 11, 2:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale | 32 min |
| Jan 11, 5:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Early, Miller | 36 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.