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Tornado Warning 64, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 8, 2008, 12:57 PM CDT for Dale County, Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 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, 12:57 PM CDT (17:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2008, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dale County, AL, Henry County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 1:28 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Nw Capps, AL | POSSIBLE TORNADO...MAJOR DAMAGE TO HOME. DEBRIS SCATTERED OVER SEVERAL ACRES. |
| Oct 8, 1:33 PM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 6 Nw Capps, AL | CONFIRMED TORNADO...MAJOR DAMAGE TO CARPORT ATTACHED TO HOME. DEBRIS SCATTERED OVER SEVERAL ACRES. TORNADO RATED AN EF-0 WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 85 MPH. |
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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTAE 081757 TORTAE ALC045-067-081830- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0064.081008T1757Z-081008T1830Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1257 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... WEST CENTRAL HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 130 PM CDT * AT 1254 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR SNOW HILL...OR 7 MILES EAST OF OZARK... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 19 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ECHO BY 105 PM CDT... CAPPS BY 130 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 3164 8531 3143 8528 3142 8548 3148 8549 TIME...MOT...LOC 1756Z 241DEG 17KT 3145 8551 $$ 12-WATSON
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KTAE 081808
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
208 PM EDT WED OCT 8 2008
ALC045-067-081830-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-081008T1830Z/
DALE AL-HENRY AL-
108 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL HENRY AND EAST CENTRAL DALE COUNTIES...
AT 105 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SNOW HILL...OR 9
MILES EAST OF OZARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 16 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CAPPS BY 130 PM CDT...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3163 8531 3143 8528 3143 8548 3144 8549
3148 8549 3150 8547 3153 8543 3156 8540
3164 8532
TIME...MOT...LOC 1808Z 244DEG 14KT 3147 8547
$$
12-WATSONThe 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, 12:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale | 35 min |
| Oct 8, 1:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry, Houston | 37 min |
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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.