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Tornado Warning 65, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 8, 2008, 1:08 PM CDT for Dale County, Henry County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 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, 1:08 PM CDT (18:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2008, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dale County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 1:17 PM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 1 E Pinckard, AL | TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR PINCKARD WITH NO DAMAGE REPORTED. |
| Oct 8, 1:17 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 E Pinckard, AL | POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR PINCKARD WITH NO DAMAGE REPORTED. |
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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 081808 TORTAE ALC045-067-069-081845- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0065.081008T1808Z-081008T1845Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 108 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... NORTHWESTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 145 PM CDT * AT 105 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR PINCKARD...OR 9 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 19 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PINCKARD BY 115 PM CDT... MIDLAND CITY BY 120 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. 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 3142 8552 3143 8531 3123 8550 3125 8557 TIME...MOT...LOC 1808Z 211DEG 17KT 3127 8553 $$ 38-GODSEY
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, 12:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale | 35 min |
| Oct 8, 12:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 33 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.