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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 2008, 8:51 PM EDT for Early County, Miller County, Seminole County, Georgia; Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 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, 8:51 PM EDT (00:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2008, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Houston County, AL, Early County, GA, Miller County, GA, Seminole 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, 8:28 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 13 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 260051 TORTAE ALC069-GAC099-201-253-260130- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0050.080826T0051Z-080826T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 851 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWESTERN EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... SOUTHWESTERN MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... NORTHWESTERN SEMINOLE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 930 PM EDT/830 PM CDT/ * AT 743 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR JAKIN...OR 9 MILES WEST OF DONALSONVILLE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 24 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... KILLARNEY...HOWARDS MILL AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CEDAR SPRINGS BY 905 PM EDT... JONES CROSSROADS BY 910 PM EDT... MAYHAW BY 915 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 3127 8505 3119 8478 3100 8493 3105 8513 TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 211DEG 21KT 3107 8500 $$ 17-GOULD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 8:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early | 40 min |
| Aug 25, 9:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Miller, Seminole | 46 min |
| Aug 25, 10:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early, Miller | 44 min |
| Aug 26, 1:57 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Decatur, Miller, Seminole | 59 hr |
| Aug 25, 8:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 24 min |
| Aug 26, 12:33 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 27 min |
| Aug 26, 2:12 AM EDT | 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.