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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2014, 4:18 PM CDT for Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 27 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, 4:18 PM CDT (21:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2014, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Houston County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 122 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.
419 WFUS52 KTAE 102118 TORTAE ALC069-102145- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0017.140510T2118Z-140510T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 418 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COTTONWOOD... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 412 PM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR COTTONWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HODGESVILLE...SEALY SPRINGS AND LOVETOWN. 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 8524 3103 8515 3101 8539 3107 8542 TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 248DEG 17KT 3105 8537 $$ 17-GOULD
1 follow-up statement
443 WWUS52 KTAE 102136 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 436 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014 ALC069-102145- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-140510T2145Z/ HOUSTON AL- 436 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN HOUSTON COUNTY... AT 431 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COTTONWOOD... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOVETOWN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW! LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR SAFER STRUCTURES. GET TO THE LOWEST FLOOR AND PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE TORNADO AS POSSIBLE. && LAT...LON 3118 8524 3103 8515 3101 8539 3107 8542 TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 248DEG 16KT 3108 8529 $$ 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, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 28 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.