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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 5, 2011, 8:07 AM CDT for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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
- Sep 5, 2011, 8:07 AM CDT (13:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2011, 8:32 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Coffee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 5:35 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 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
- 2763 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 465 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 17.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
889
WFUS52 KTAE 051307
TORTAE
ALC031-051345-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0043.110905T1307Z-110905T1345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
807 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 845 AM CDT
* AT 804 AM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 14 MILES WEST OF ENTERPRISE...OR NEAR
FAIRVIEW...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ASBURY...GOODMAN...BASIN...DAMASCUS...TURNER CROSSROADS...
ENTERPRISE MUNICIPAL A/P...NEW HAVEN...CARL FOLSOM A/P...ELBA...NEW
BROCKTON...SHELL ARMY FIELD...RICHBURG...CLINTONVILLE...CAMP ALAFLO
BSA...WOODLAND GROVE CHURCH...LEE...CAMP HUMMING HILLS...WISE
MILL...TABERNACLE...MIXONS CROSSROADS...ZOAR...ARCUS...LOWRY
MILL...EANON AND VICTORIA.
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 3157 8613 3153 8580 3128 8586 3120 8598
3122 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 1307Z 198DEG 32KT 3126 8606
$$
14-MROCZKA1 follow-up statement
728
WWUS52 KTAE 051332
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
832 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
ALC031-051342-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-110905T1345Z/
COFFEE AL-
832 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR COFFEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE ROTATION
THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE
TORNADIC THREAT WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS DECREASED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3157 8613 3153 8580 3128 8586 3120 8598
3122 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 1332Z 198DEG 32KT 3147 8598
$$
14-MROCZKAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 4:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 17 min |
| Sep 5, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 49 min |
| Sep 5, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 38 min |
| Sep 5, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 37 min |
| Sep 5, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Houston | 44 min |
| Sep 5, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva, Henry, Houston | 40 min |
| Sep 5, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 44 min |
| Sep 5, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry, Houston | 48 min |
| Sep 5, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 53 min |
| Sep 5, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 42 min |
| Sep 5, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Houston | 43 min |
| Sep 5, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.