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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2014, 3:47 PM CDT for Geneva County, 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
- May 10, 2014, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2014, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Geneva County, AL, Houston County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 131 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.
804 WFUS52 KTAE 102047 TORTAE ALC061-069-102115- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0016.140510T2047Z-140510T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 347 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTH CENTRAL HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 415 PM CDT * AT 340 PM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR SOUTHERN JUNCTION...OR 12 MILES WEST OF COTTONWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES DOWN HAVE ALREADY BEEN RELAYED WITH THIS STORM. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MERRITTS CROSSROADS...GARRETTS CROSSROADS...MADRID...OLYMPIA SPA RESORT...HODGESVILLE...KEYTONS...MEMPHIS AND SEALY SPRINGS 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 3117 8539 3102 8530 3100 8551 3105 8553 TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 244DEG 15KT 3105 8548 $$ 17-GOULD
1 follow-up statement
580 WWUS52 KTAE 102106 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 406 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014 ALC061-069-102116- /O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-140510T2115Z/ GENEVA AL-HOUSTON AL- 406 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HOUSTON AND SOUTHEASTERN GENEVA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM CDT... RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3... OR YOU MAY CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT. LAT...LON 3117 8539 3102 8530 3100 8551 3105 8553 TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 244DEG 15KT 3109 8539 $$ 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, 3:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.