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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 10, 2013Coffee County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 10, 2013, 7:22 PM CST 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
Feb 10, 2013, 7:22 PM CST (01:22 UTC)
Expired
Feb 10, 2013, 7:45 PM CST
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Coffee County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 193 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2013-02-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2013-02-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -133 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-278 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
607 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

623 
WFUS52 KTAE 110122
TORTAE
ALC031-110145-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0009.130211T0122Z-130211T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
722 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 745 PM CST

* AT 721 PM CST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR BLUFF SPRING...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WISE
  MILL...WILKINSTOWN...JACK...CAMP HUMMING HILLS...LOWRY MILL...
  ARCUS...WOODLAND GROVE CHURCH...CHESTNUT GROVE...VICTORIA...MIXONS
  CROSSROADS...CLOWERS CROSSROADS...FRISCO...NEW HOPE...EANON...
  TABERNACLE...JAVA AND ROETON

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 3154 8616 3154 8615 3161 8615 3162 8614
      3163 8581 3162 8579 3144 8579 3147 8620
      3153 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 275DEG 49KT 3161 8608

$$

15-HARRIGAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 7:43 PM CSTTornado WarningTAECoffee, Dale32 min
Feb 10, 8:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee, Dale, Henry, Houston51 min
Feb 10, 8:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHenry, Houston38 min
Feb 10, 9:19 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningTAECoffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston3 hr
Feb 10, 9:46 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningTAEDale, Houston3 hr
Feb 11, 12:23 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHouston37 min
Feb 11, 12:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHouston31 min
Feb 11, 1:02 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEHouston28 min
Feb 11, 1:48 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningTAEGeneva117 min
Feb 11, 5:16 AM CSTFlash Flood WatchTAECoffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston48 hr
Feb 11, 6:50 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEGeneva, Houston40 days
Feb 11, 7:49 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningTAEGeneva, Houston116 min
Feb 11, 9:39 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningTAEGeneva, Houston6 hr
Feb 11, 12:14 PM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryTAEDale36 hr
Feb 11, 12:14 PM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryTAEGeneva36 hr
Feb 11, 12:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHouston40 min
Feb 11, 3:33 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningTAEGeneva, Houston6 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.