Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 2009, 8:08 AM CDT for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 26, 2009, 8:08 AM CDT (13:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2009, 8:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Coffee County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 8:45 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Enterprise, AL | SEVERAL REPORTS OF DAMAGE AROUND ENTERPRISE. SEVERAL TELEPHONE POLES DOWN...TWO CHICKEN HOUSES SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED. ONE TRAILER WITH ROOF DAMAGE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 7:27 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 974 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 376 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KTAE 261308
TORTAE
ALC031-261345-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0013.090326T1308Z-090326T1345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
808 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ENTERPRISE...
* UNTIL 845 AM CDT
* AT 803 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW BROCKTON...OR 12 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF ANDALUSIA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
NEW BROCKTON BY 835 AM CDT...
ENTERPRISE BY 840 AM 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3148 8579 3122 8580 3121 8591 3120 8619
3135 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 1307Z 254DEG 38KT 3123 8626
$$
38-GODSEY1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KTAE 261330
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
930 AM EDT THU MAR 26 2009
ALC031-261345-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090326T1345Z/
COFFEE AL-
829 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
COFFEE COUNTY...
AT 826 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRVIEW...OR 10
MILES SOUTH OF ELBA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ENTERPRISE AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF NEW BROCKTON BY 840 AM CDT...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
DAMAGE WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN EASTERN COVINGTON COUNTY
BEFORE IT ENTERED COFFEE COUNTY.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3121 8611 3131 8614 3148 8581 3148 8579
3122 8580 3121 8591
TIME...MOT...LOC 1329Z 254DEG 34KT 3127 8603
$$
38-GODSEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 3:00 AM CDT | Flood Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 64 hr |
| Mar 26, 7:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 38 min |
| Mar 26, 7:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 64 min |
| Mar 26, 8:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Houston | 48 min |
| Mar 26, 8:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Houston | 32 min |
| Mar 26, 9:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry, Houston | 25 min |
| Mar 26, 9:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry, Houston | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 11:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 261 days |
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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.