Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 1, 2011, 7:45 PM CST for Dale County, Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 min. 3 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 1, 2011, 7:45 PM CST (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2011, 8:30 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dale County, AL, Henry County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 7:59 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Ozark, AL | FEW TREES DOWN, SEVERAL POWER OUTAGES. 46 KT GUST REPORTED AT KDHN AT 908 PM EST. |
| Feb 1, 8:06 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Abbeville, AL | SEVERAL TREES DOWN...ONE ON VEHICLE. |
| Feb 1, 8:06 PM CST | TORNADO 0 | 5 E Abbeville, AL | EF-0 TORNADO DAMAGE CONFIRMED EAST OF ABBEVILLE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 10 AND COUNTY ROAD 57. DAMAGE LIMITED PRIMARILY TO TREES AND BARNS. PATH WIDTH OF 40 YARDS AND AN INTERMITTENT LENGTH OF 2 MILES. MAXIMUM WINDS WERE AROUND 70 MPH. |
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 1, 6:19 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 453 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 326 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 355 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
909
WUUS52 KTAE 020145
SVRTAE
ALC045-067-020230-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0002.110202T0145Z-110202T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
745 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LOWE ARMY HELIPORT...HANCHEY ARMY
HELIPORT...
HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 830 PM CST
* AT 743 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8
MILES NORTH OF OZARK TO DALEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HANCHEY FIELD...NEWTON...PINCKARD...MIDLAND CITY AND ABBEVILLE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3170 8512 3164 8508 3163 8505 3152 8504
3148 8506 3144 8506 3128 8559 3128 8565
3126 8567 3122 8579 3155 8579 3164 8563
3163 8543 3172 8542 3172 8522 3179 8516
3178 8512
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 233DEG 58KT 3158 8567 3131 8568
$$
38-GODSEY1 follow-up statement
216
WWUS52 KTAE 020207
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
807 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011
ALC045-067-020230-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T0230Z/
DALE AL-HENRY AL-
807 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CST
FOR HENRY AND EASTERN DALE COUNTIES...
AT 800 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EUFAULA TO 9 MILES NORTH OF
DOTHAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ABBEVILLE...SCREAMER...SHORTERVILLE AND WALTER F. GEORGE LOCK AND
DAM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS DALE
COUNTY IN OZARK. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SEEK SHELTER
NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3178 8512 3170 8512 3164 8508 3163 8505
3152 8504 3148 8506 3144 8506 3129 8555
3163 8555 3163 8543 3172 8542 3172 8522
3178 8517
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 243DEG 57KT 3167 8528 3140 8530
$$
38-GODSEYNearby
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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.