Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 33, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2009, 8:13 AM CDT for Holmes County, Florida; Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 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
- Mar 28, 2009, 8:13 AM CDT (13:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2009, 8:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Geneva County, AL, Holmes County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 28, 4:50 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 510 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 491 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 355 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 372 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 8.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTAE 281313 TORTAE ALC061-FLC059-281345- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0033.090328T1313Z-090328T1345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 813 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN HOLMES COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... SOUTH CENTRAL GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 845 AM CDT * AT 810 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARTFORD...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GENEVA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 9 MILES SOUTH OF HARTFORD BY 830 AM CDT... 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. 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 NOON CDT SATURDAY FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3114 8564 3093 8555 3088 8584 3099 8589 TIME...MOT...LOC 1312Z 257DEG 24KT 3095 8580 $$ 12-WATSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 5:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 6:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Walton | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 6:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 116 min |
| Mar 28, 7:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Walton | 2 hr |
| Mar 28, 7:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 8:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 8:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 2 hr |
| Mar 28, 8:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 9:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 9:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 10:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Jackson | 2 hr |
| Mar 28, 10:18 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 87 min | |
| Mar 28, 10:23 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | TAE | Bay, Dixie, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Taylor and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 28, 11:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 11:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 13 days |
| Mar 28, 11:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 11:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 16 days |
| Mar 28, 11:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 26 days |
| Mar 28, 11:50 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 85 min | |
| Mar 28, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty | 44 min |
| Mar 28, 1:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Walton | 8 hr |
| Mar 28, 1:16 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 89 min | |
| Mar 28, 1:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 28, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 26 min |
| Mar 28, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 3:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Jackson | 8 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:21 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:21 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 38 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 116 min | |
| Mar 28, 4:36 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Jackson | 10 days |
| Mar 28, 4:36 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 13 days |
| Mar 28, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 87 min | |
| Mar 28, 6:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Walton and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 31 min |
| Mar 28, 4:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 28 min |
| Mar 28, 5:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 6:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 6:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 6:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 44 min |
| Mar 28, 7:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry, Houston | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 7:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry, Houston | 41 min |
| Mar 28, 8:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Henry, Houston | 118 min |
| Mar 28, 8:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 51 min |
| Mar 28, 11:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Dale | 7 days |
| Mar 28, 11:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Geneva | 9 days |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.