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Tornado Warning 76, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 10, 2008, 4:31 PM EST for Seminole County, Georgia; Jackson County, Florida; Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 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, 4:31 PM EST (21:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2008, 5:15 PM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Houston County, AL, Jackson County, FL, Seminole County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 102131
TORTAE
ALC069-FLC063-GAC253-102215-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0076.081210T2131Z-081210T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
331 PM CST WED DEC 10 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SEMINOLE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DONALSONVILLE...
* UNTIL 415 PM CST/515 PM EST/
* AT 328 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DONALSONVILLE...OR 8 MILES
EAST OF MARIANNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DONALSONVILLE BY 505 PM EST...
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 3107 8491 3105 8479 3106 8475 3105 8476
3104 8476 3089 8476 3088 8477 3087 8477
3071 8508 3085 8522 3107 8502
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 232DEG 28KT 3083 8509
$$
14-MROCZKA1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KTAE 102147
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
447 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008
ALC069-102156-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-081210T2215Z/
HOUSTON AL-
346 PM CST WED DEC 10 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3105 8476 3089 8476 3088 8477 3087 8477
3075 8501 3087 8511 3099 8502 3105 8493
3106 8489
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 232DEG 30KT 3086 8499
$$
FLC063-GAC253-102215-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-081210T2215Z/
JACKSON FL-SEMINOLE GA-
446 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EST/415 PM CST/
FOR SEMINOLE AND NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES...
AT 345 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DELLWOOD...OR 15
MILES EAST OF MARIANNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DESSER AND RIVERTURN BY 500 PM EST...
LELA...DONALDSONVILLE MUNI A/P...DAVIS PARK AND LITTLE HOPE BY 505
PM EST...
IRON CITY...SHARPHAGEN AND DONALSONVILLE BY 510 PM EST...
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 3105 8476 3089 8476 3088 8477 3087 8477
3075 8501 3087 8511 3099 8502 3105 8493
3106 8489
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 232DEG 30KT 3086 8499
$$
14-MROCZKAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 3:04 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Early, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:32 PM EST | Flood Watch | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 20 hr |
| Dec 10, 5:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Miller, Seminole | 49 min |
| Dec 10, 5:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 58 min |
| Dec 10, 6:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Mitchell | 23 min |
| Dec 10, 4:08 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | TAE | Bay, Gulf, Walton | 37 hr |
| Dec 10, 2:00 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 90 min | |
| Dec 10, 3:15 PM EST | Gale Watch | TAE | 8 hr | |
| Dec 10, 3:15 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 61 hr | |
| Dec 10, 3:40 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 50 min | |
| Dec 10, 4:24 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 111 min |
| Dec 10, 4:33 PM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | TAE | Dixie, Taylor | 29 hr |
| Dec 10, 4:50 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 40 min | |
| Dec 10, 7:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee | 45 min |
| Dec 10, 9:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee | 52 min |
| Dec 10, 10:14 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 14 min |
| Dec 10, 10:49 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Coffee | 116 min |
| Dec 10, 2:14 PM EST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Coffee | 41 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.