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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 17, 2008Coffee County, Dale County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 17, 2008, 3:52 PM CST for Coffee County, Dale County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 min. 8 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: Feb 17, 2008, 3:52 PM CST (21:52 UTC)
Expired: Feb 17, 2008, 4:15 PM CST
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 17, 3:56 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ne Victoria, AL	BARN DESTROYED AND BLOWN ON TO ROAD
Feb 17, 4:00 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	6 Ene Jack, AL	TREES DOWN. ROOF DAMAGE TO SHED.
Feb 17, 4:01 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	6 Ene Jack, AL	TREES DOWN. ROOF DAMAGE TO SHED.
Feb 17, 4:06 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Roeton, AL	NUMEROUS POLES DOWN. TREE DOWN ON CR 315 TREE FELL ON RESIDENCE CR 110
Feb 17, 4:11 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Ariton, AL	1 BARN DESTROYED. 1 RESIDENCE HEAVILY DAMAGED.
Feb 17, 4:15 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ne Victoria, AL	BARN DESTROYED AND BLOWN ON TO ROAD
Feb 17, 4:15 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Roeton, AL	1 BARN DESTROYED ON COUNTY ROAD 104
Feb 17, 4:20 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Ariton, AL	1 BARN DESTROYED. 1 RESIDENCE HEAVILY DAMAGED.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 17, 12:32 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 196 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: 5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 560 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 277 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 350 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 172153
TORTAE
ALC031-045-172215-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0008.080217T2152Z-080217T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
352 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
  NORTHWESTERN DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 415 PM CST

* AT 351 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR SHADY GROVE...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF ELBA...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ROETON AND NEW HOPE BY 400 PM CST...

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.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3163 8591 3164 8565 3163 8564 3162 8564
      3147 8608 3152 8612 3165 8592
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 241DEG 52KT 3155 8599

$$

38-GODSEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 17, 9:23 AM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	9 hr
Feb 17, 1:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee	54 min
Feb 17, 1:56 PM CST	Fire Weather Watch	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	25 hr
Feb 17, 3:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Geneva	56 min
Feb 17, 3:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dale	45 min
Feb 17, 4:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Henry	56 min
Feb 17, 4:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston	64 min
Feb 17, 4:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale	53 min
Feb 17, 5:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dale, Henry	48 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.