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Tornado Warning 67, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2009, 8:14 AM CDT for Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 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
- Apr 13, 2009, 8:14 AM CDT (13:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2009, 8:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Houston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2:33 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 391 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 472 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KTAE 131314
TORTAE
ALC069-131345-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0067.090413T1314Z-090413T1345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
814 AM CDT MON APR 13 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COTTONWOOD...
* UNTIL 845 AM CDT
* AT 805 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF COTTONWOOD...MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
GRANGEBURG BY 820 AM CDT...
HARMON SCHOOL AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF PANSEY BY 825 AM CDT...
CROSBY AND GORDON BY 830 AM CDT...
SAFFOLD AND CHATTAHOOCHEE SP BY 835 AM CDT...
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN EASTERN GENEVA
COUNTY AT 800 AM CDT.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF
70 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
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 1000 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3116 8547 3118 8510 3116 8507 3113 8504
3102 8499 3100 8500 3100 8548
TIME...MOT...LOC 1313Z 270DEG 39KT 3107 8533
$$
14-MROCZKAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 7:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 36 min |
| Apr 13, 7:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Houston | 47 min |
| Apr 13, 8:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 46 min |
| Apr 13, 8:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 8 hr |
| Apr 13, 8:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry, Houston | 37 min |
| Apr 13, 10:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 49 min |
| Apr 13, 11:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 37 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.