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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2011, 2:12 AM CDT for Dale County, Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 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 16, 2011, 2:12 AM CDT (07:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2011, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dale County, AL, Henry 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 16, 2:05 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 163 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.
734 WFUS52 KTAE 160712 TORTAE ALC045-067-160745- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0029.110416T0712Z-110416T0745Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 212 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 245 AM CDT * AT 210 AM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR HUNT FIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DALE COUNTY LAKE...EWELL...BROWNS CROSSROADS...MABSON...BEAMON...SYLVAN GROVE...ASBURY...GOLDBERG FIELD...SNOW HILL...WARD BRIDGE... KIRKLAND CROSSROADS...ECHO...BLACKWOOD...BELLS CROSSROADS...SNELLS CROSSROADS...BAREFIELD CROSSROADS...BERTHA...NEWVILLE...CLOPTON... TUMBLETON...CAPPS...DANCEY...BALKUM...MURPHY STATION...GRABALL... ABBEVILLE AND MILLER 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 3168 8530 3144 8512 3129 8564 3144 8575 TIME...MOT...LOC 0712Z 239DEG 40KT 3141 8560 $$ 42-DVD
1 follow-up statement
507 WWUS52 KTAE 160726 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 226 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2011 ALC045-067-160745- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110416T0745Z/ DALE AL-HENRY AL- 226 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR HENRY AND EASTERN DALE COUNTIES... AT 221 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR SNOW HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. HAIL FIVE EIGHTHS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER WAS ALSO REPORTED AT CAIRNS AIRY AIRFIELD. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BELLS CROSSROADS...SNELLS CROSSROADS...BAREFIELD CROSSROADS...BERTHA... NEWVILLE...CLOPTON...TUMBLETON...CAPPS...DANCEY...BALKUM...MURPHY STATION...GRABALL...ABBEVILLE AND MILLER PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. && LAT...LON 3150 8563 3168 8530 3144 8512 3132 8554 TIME...MOT...LOC 0725Z 238DEG 38KT 3149 8547 $$ 42-DVD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 12:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 51 min |
| Apr 16, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 51 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 |
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.