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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 8, 2008Dale County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 8, 2008, 12:25 PM CDT for Dale County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Oct 8, 2008, 12:25 PM CDT (17:25 UTC)
Expired: Oct 8, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Dale County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 8, 12:33 PM CDT	TORNADO 0	5 S Ozark, AL	TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR LOGAN ROAD. A ROOF WAS PARTIALLY TAKEN OFF A RESIDENCE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TOWARD SR-123 BEFORE LIFTING.
Oct 8, 12:33 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 S Ozark, AL	POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN REPORTED NEAR LOGAN ROAD. A ROOF WAS PARTIALLY TAKEN OFF A RESIDENCE. THE POSSIBLE TORNADO CONTINUED TOWARD SR-123. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 289 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 081725
TORTAE
ALC045-081800-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0063.081008T1725Z-081008T1800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1225 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OZARK...

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 1220 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OZARK...OR NEAR FORT
  RUCKER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  OZARK BY 1235 PM CDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE 
INCH SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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 3162 8547 3135 8545 3134 8569 3139 8574
TIME...MOT...LOC 1725Z 235DEG 17KT 3139 8567

$$

12-WATSON

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KTAE 081741
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
141 PM EDT WED OCT 8 2008

ALC045-081800-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-081008T1800Z/
DALE AL-
1241 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
DALE COUNTY...

AT 1237 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BLACKWELL FIELD
A/P...OR NEAR OZARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 16 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BROWNS CROSSROADS AND MABSON BY 1255 PM CDT...
  SNOW HILL BY 100 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 3156 8548 3140 8546 3137 8561 3142 8566
TIME...MOT...LOC 1741Z 239DEG 14KT 3141 8559

$$

12-WATSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 8, 10:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee	64 min
Oct 8, 11:47 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee	28 min
Oct 8, 11:56 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Dale	34 min
Oct 8, 12:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Dale, Henry	33 min
Oct 8, 1:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Dale, Henry, Houston	37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.