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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 2008, 11:33 PM CDT for Holmes County, Florida; Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 27 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, 11:33 PM CDT (04:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2008, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Geneva County, AL, Holmes County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 260433 TORTAE ALC061-FLC059-260500- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0055.080826T0433Z-080826T0500Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1133 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN HOLMES COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... EASTERN GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... * UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT * AT 1128 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARTFORD...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GENEVA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HARTFORD BY 1155 PM CDT... 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 3117 8576 3102 8554 3086 8582 3093 8591 TIME...MOT...LOC 0432Z 220DEG 22KT 3096 8580 $$ 8-JAMSKI
The 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 | Jackson | 40 min |
| 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 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 |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Florida, 2008Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 2008Every tornado warning in 2008Tornadoes in 2008
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.