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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 11, 2013Early County, Seminole County, Georgia; Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 11, 2013, 2:02 AM EST for Early County, Seminole County, Georgia; Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 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: Feb 11, 2013, 2:02 AM EST (07:02 UTC)
Expired: Feb 11, 2013, 2:30 AM EST
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Houston County, AL, Early County, GA, Seminole County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 104 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1066 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 186 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 291 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

130 
WFUS52 KTAE 110702
TORTAE
ALC069-GAC099-253-110730-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0011.130211T0702Z-130211T0730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
102 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  NORTHWESTERN SEMINOLE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 130 AM CST/230 AM EST/

* AT 1257 AM CST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR COTTONWOOD...OR NEAR LOVETOWN...
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HARMON BY 110 AM CST...
  CROSBY...LUCY AND SAFFOLD BY 220 AM EST...
  CHATTAHOOCHEE SP...JAKIN AND STEAM MILL BY 225 AM EST...
  7 MILES SOUTH OF KILLARNEY BY 230 AM EST...

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 3115 8492 3097 8495 3098 8501 3100 8500
      3100 8512 3104 8536 3114 8533
TIME...MOT...LOC 0702Z 281DEG 35KT 3108 8526

$$

18-WOOL

1 follow-up statement

254 
WWUS52 KTAE 110718
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
118 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013

ALC069-GAC099-253-110730-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130211T0730Z/
HOUSTON AL-EARLY GA-SEMINOLE GA-
118 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CST/230 AM EST/
FOR NORTHWESTERN SEMINOLE...SOUTH CENTRAL EARLY AND SOUTHEASTERN
HOUSTON COUNTIES...

AT 114 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HARMON...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SAFFOLD AND LUCY BY 125 AM CST...
  JAKIN AND KILLARNEY BY 230 AM EST...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

&&

LAT...LON 3115 8492 3097 8495 3100 8500 3104 8512
      3106 8517 3114 8515
TIME...MOT...LOC 0718Z 277DEG 30KT 3110 8509

$$

18-WOOL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 10, 9:37 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Early	38 min
Feb 10, 10:03 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early	27 min
Feb 10, 10:30 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Baker, Calhoun	30 min
Feb 11, 6:16 AM EST	Flash Flood Watch	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early and 10 more	48 hr
Feb 11, 10:52 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Miller, Seminole	3 hr
Feb 11, 11:52 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth	3 hr
Feb 11, 11:56 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Clay, Lee, Randolph, Terrell	3 hr
Feb 11, 12:37 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Early, Miller	113 min
Feb 11, 1:00 PM EST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Lee	69 hr
Feb 11, 1:39 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Baker, Dougherty	111 min
Feb 11, 1:50 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Early, Miller, Seminole	40 min
Feb 11, 2:36 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Decatur, Miller, Seminole	114 min
Feb 10, 8:22 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee	23 min
Feb 10, 8:43 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale	32 min
Feb 10, 9:09 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Henry, Houston	51 min
Feb 10, 10:19 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston	3 hr
Feb 10, 10:46 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	TAE	Dale, Houston	3 hr
Feb 11, 1:23 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Houston	37 min
Feb 11, 1:44 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Houston	31 min
Feb 11, 2:48 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	TAE	Geneva	117 min
Feb 11, 7:50 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Geneva, Houston	40 days
Feb 11, 8:49 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Geneva, Houston	116 min
Feb 11, 10:39 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Geneva, Houston	6 hr
Feb 11, 1:14 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	TAE	Dale	36 hr
Feb 11, 1:14 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	TAE	Geneva	36 hr
Feb 11, 4:33 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	TAE	Geneva, Houston	6 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.