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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2014, 3:08 PM CDT for Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2014, 3:08 PM CDT (20:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2014, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Geneva County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 3:08 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Nne Esto, AL | ROOF DAMAGE TO BARN ON THELMA ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| May 10, 3:08 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Nne Esto, AL | ROOF DAMAGE TO HOME AND BARN ON THELMA ROAD. BACK PORCH OF HOME DESTROYED. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| May 10, 3:10 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Nnw Noma, AL | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN WITH POSSIBLE TORNADO |
| May 10, 3:10 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 E Slocomb, AL | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN WITH POSSIBLE TORNADO |
| May 10, 3:12 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 N Noma Junction, AL | BARN HEAVILY DAMAGED ON PRICE ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1074 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
978
WFUS52 KTAE 102008
TORTAE
ALC061-102045-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0015.140510T2008Z-140510T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
308 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 307 PM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR FADETTE...OR 15 MILES EAST OF
GENEVA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MALVERN
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR SAFER STRUCTURES.
GET TO THE LOWEST FLOOR AND PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE
TORNADO AS POSSIBLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3118 8550 3100 8549 3099 8553 3099 8564
3102 8567
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 230DEG 16KT 3102 8561
$$
17-GOULD1 follow-up statement
171 WWUS52 KTAE 102033 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 333 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014 ALC061-102045- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140510T2045Z/ GENEVA AL- 333 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN GENEVA COUNTY... AT 326 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FADETTE...OR 15 MILES WEST OF COTTONWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. DOWNED TREES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN THE WARNING AREA. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MALVERN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW! LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR SAFER STRUCTURES. GET TO THE LOWEST FLOOR AND PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE TORNADO AS POSSIBLE. && LAT...LON 3118 8550 3100 8549 3100 8561 3104 8564 TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 255DEG 11KT 3102 8554 $$ 17-GOULD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 1:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Henry | 48 min |
| May 10, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 28 min |
| May 10, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 27 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.