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Tornado Warning 75, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 10, 2008, 9:14 AM CST for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 14 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
- Dec 10, 2008, 9:14 AM CST (15:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2008, 9:28 AM CST
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Coffee County, AL
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 6:47 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 514 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTAE 101514 TORTAE ALC031-101545- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0075.081210T1514Z-081210T1545Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 914 AM CST WED DEC 10 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ELBA... * UNTIL 945 AM CST * AT 912 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELBA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ELBA BY 920 AM CST... NEW BROCKTON BY 935 AM CST... 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3156 8588 3128 8587 3127 8620 3141 8620 TIME...MOT...LOC 1514Z 238DEG 27KT 3135 8610 $$ 12-WATSON
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KTAE 101528 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1028 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ALC031-101537- /O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-081210T1545Z/ COFFEE AL- 927 AM CST WED DEC 10 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL COFFEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3156 8588 3128 8587 3127 8620 3141 8620 TIME...MOT...LOC 1527Z 238DEG 27KT 3140 8600 $$ 12-WATSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 6:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee | 45 min |
| Dec 10, 8:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee | 52 min |
| Dec 10, 9:49 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Coffee | 116 min |
| Dec 10, 1:14 PM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Coffee | 41 hr |
| Dec 10, 2:32 PM CST | Flood Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 20 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.