Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 30, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2011, 1:03 AM CDT for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 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 28, 2011, 1:03 AM CDT (06:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2011, 1:26 AM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Coffee County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 3101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 13.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
819
WFUS52 KTAE 280603
TORTAE
ALC031-280645-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0030.110428T0603Z-110428T0645Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
103 AM CDT THU APR 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 145 AM CDT
* AT 1259 AM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 8 MILES WEST OF KINSTON...OR NEAR
ONYCHA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RHOADES...PERRY STORE...BROOKLYN...ALBERTON...HOLLEY STORE...
CURTIS...BASIN...INO...FAIRVIEW...NEW HAVEN.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3147 8592 3120 8586 3119 8612 3119 8620
3141 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 0603Z 249DEG 32KT 3126 8625
$$
42-DVD2 follow-up statements
596
WWUS52 KTAE 280621
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
121 AM CDT THU APR 28 2011
ALC031-280645-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110428T0645Z/
COFFEE AL-
121 AM CDT THU APR 28 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
COFFEE COUNTY...
AT 117 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
ALBERTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FAIRVIEW...NEW HAVEN...MARVIN CHAPEL...GOODMAN...DAMASCUS...ASBURY...
TURNER CROSSROADS...MOUNT PLEASANT...LUCILE...RICHBURG...CENTRAL
CITY...BATTENS CROSSROADS...ENTERPRISE MUNICIPAL A/P AND NEW BROCKTON
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3147 8592 3146 8592 3138 8590 3122 8586
3119 8612 3120 8614 3136 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0621Z 256DEG 30KT 3128 8608
$$
42-DVD119
WWUS52 KTAE 280626
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
126 AM CDT THU APR 28 2011
ALC031-280636-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110428T0645Z/
COFFEE AL-
126 AM CDT THU APR 28 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN COFFEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
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.
LAT...LON 3147 8592 3146 8592 3138 8590 3123 8586
3119 8612 3120 8614 3136 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0626Z 256DEG 30KT 3129 8603
$$
18-WOOLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 1:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dale | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 1:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Geneva | 26 min |
| Apr 28, 2:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dale | 24 min |
| Apr 28, 2:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Geneva | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 3:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 2:42 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 12 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.