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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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.
- 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
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-HARRIGANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 7:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 32 min |
| Feb 10, 8:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Henry, Houston | 51 min |
| Feb 10, 8:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry, Houston | 38 min |
| Feb 10, 9:19 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston | 3 hr |
| Feb 10, 9:46 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Dale, Houston | 3 hr |
| Feb 11, 12:23 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Houston | 37 min |
| Feb 11, 12:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 31 min |
| Feb 11, 1:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 28 min |
| Feb 11, 1:48 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Geneva | 117 min |
| Feb 11, 5:16 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 48 hr |
| Feb 11, 6:50 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 40 days |
| Feb 11, 7:49 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 116 min |
| Feb 11, 9:39 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 6 hr |
| Feb 11, 12:14 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | TAE | Dale | 36 hr |
| Feb 11, 12:14 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | TAE | Geneva | 36 hr |
| Feb 11, 12:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 40 min |
| Feb 11, 3:33 PM CST | 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.