Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 28, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2011, 12:54 AM CDT for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 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
- Apr 16, 2011, 12:54 AM CDT (05:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2011, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Coffee County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 1:20 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 4 E Opp, AL | NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED 4 MILES EAST OF OPP...BY HAM OPERATOR. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 1577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
742
WFUS52 KTAE 160554
TORTAE
ALC031-160645-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0028.110416T0554Z-110416T0645Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1254 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 145 AM CDT
* AT 1251 AM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 31 MILES WEST OF ENTERPRISE...OR NEAR
SANFORD...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
KINSTON...RHOADES...BROOKLYN...PERRY STORE...PINE LEVEL...DANLEYS
CROSSROADS...ALBERTON...CURTIS...HOLLEY STORE...BASIN...INO...
FAIRVIEW...NEW HAVEN...CARL FOLSOM A/P...ELBA.
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 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3150 8620 3159 8579 3120 8579 3119 8612
3118 8612 3119 8613 3119 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 0553Z 257DEG 36KT 3131 8636
$$
42-DVD2 follow-up statements
611
WWUS52 KTAE 160611
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
111 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2011
ALC031-160645-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-110416T0645Z/
COFFEE AL-
111 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR COFFEE
COUNTY...
AT 108 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PERRY
STORE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN
ANDALUSIA IN COVINGTON COUNTY AT 1248 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PINE
LEVEL...DANLEYS CROSSROADS...ALBERTON...CURTIS...HOLLEY STORE...
BASIN...INO...FAIRVIEW...NEW HAVEN...CARL FOLSOM A/P...ELBA...LEE...
MARVIN CHAPEL...GOODMAN...DAMASCUS...ASBURY...WISE MILL...TURNER
CROSSROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND WESTERN FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 3150 8620 3159 8579 3120 8579 3119 8612
3118 8612 3119 8613 3119 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 0610Z 257DEG 36KT 3129 8616
$$
42-DVD810
WWUS52 KTAE 160623
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
123 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2011
ALC031-160645-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-110416T0645Z/
COFFEE AL-
123 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR COFFEE
COUNTY...
AT 119 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW
HAVEN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
WIND DAMAGE AND QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN ANDALUSIA IN COVINGTON COUNTY.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MARVIN
CHAPEL...GOODMAN...DAMASCUS...ASBURY...WISE MILL...TURNER
CROSSROADS...CAMP HUMMING HILLS...MOUNT PLEASANT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND WESTERN FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 3150 8620 3156 8579 3133 8578 3131 8579
3120 8579 3119 8612 3118 8612 3119 8613
3119 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 0622Z 257DEG 36KT 3134 8604
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 51 min |
| Apr 16, 2:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 2:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Houston | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 9:06 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:45 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 28 hr |
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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.