Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 2011, 9:44 AM CST for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 min. 2 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
- Mar 9, 2011, 9:44 AM CST (15:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2011, 10:15 AM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Coffee County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 9:50 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne Jack, AL | ROOF DAMAGE AND TREES DOWN IN COMMUNITY OF PERDUE. |
| Mar 9, 9:59 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Bluff Spring, AL | TREES DOWN IN NORTHWEST COFFEE COUNTY. |
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 9, 8:39 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 467 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 743 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1250 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
436
WFUS52 KTAE 091544
TORTAE
ALC031-091615-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0001.110309T1544Z-110309T1615Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
944 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1015 AM CST
* AT 942 AM CST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR PINE LEVEL...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
LUVERNE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
NEWBY...ZOAR...LEE...BLUFF SPRING...WISE MILL...CAMP HUMMING
HILLS...JACK...WOODLAND GROVE CHURCH...ARCUS...LOWRY MILL...
WILKINSTOWN...MIXONS CROSSROADS...VICTORIA...CHESTNUT GROVE...
TABERNACLE...EANON...NEW HOPE...CLOWERS CROSSROADS...FRISCO...JAVA
AND ROETON
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR SAFER STRUCTURES.
MOVE TO A HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND
OUTSIDE WALLS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN
GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3154 8619 3154 8616 3162 8615 3164 8608
3163 8581 3162 8580 3144 8581 3142 8620
3153 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 1544Z 257DEG 30KT 3152 8615
$$
25-CAMP1 follow-up statement
498
WWUS52 KTAE 091600
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1000 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011
ALC031-091615-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110309T1615Z/
COFFEE AL-
1000 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CST FOR NORTHERN
COFFEE COUNTY...
AT 1000 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CAMP HUMMING
HILLS...OR 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOWE ARMY HELIPORT...MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JACK...
WILKINSTOWN...LOWRY MILL...ARCUS...WOODLAND GROVE CHURCH...MIXONS
CROSSROADS...VICTORIA...CHESTNUT GROVE...TABERNACLE...CLOWERS
CROSSROADS...NEW HOPE...EANON...JAVA...FRISCO AND ROETON
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN
GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3143 8610 3149 8608 3151 8607 3153 8607
3156 8604 3162 8605 3163 8581 3162 8580
3144 8581
TIME...MOT...LOC 1600Z 265DEG 29KT 3148 8600
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 10:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 25 min |
| Mar 9, 10:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 34 min |
| Mar 9, 10:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale | 27 min |
| Mar 9, 10:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 38 min |
| Mar 9, 10:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Houston | 28 min |
| Mar 9, 10:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 42 min |
| Mar 9, 11:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 15 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.