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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 14, 2014Henry County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2014, 4:03 PM CDT for Henry 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 14, 2014, 4:03 PM CDT (21:03 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2014, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Henry County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 171 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 501 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 711 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

727 
WFUS52 KTAE 142103
TORTAE
ALC067-142130-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0018.140514T2103Z-140514T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
403 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 402 PM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR EDWIN...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  ABBEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  LAWRENCEVILLE...SCREAMER AND SCOTTSBORO CROSSROADS

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 3177 8513 3176 8513 3159 8526 3160 8539
      3171 8538 3171 8522 3173 8522 3175 8520
      3178 8516 3178 8514
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 207DEG 19KT 3165 8532

$$

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1 follow-up statement

561 
WWUS52 KTAE 142121
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
421 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2014

ALC067-142131-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-140514T2130Z/
HENRY AL-
421 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL HENRY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
430 PM CDT...

THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF HENRY COUNTY.

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 3177 8513 3176 8513 3159 8526 3160 8539
      3171 8538 3171 8522 3173 8522 3175 8520
      3178 8516 3178 8514
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 207DEG 19KT 3173 8527

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 2:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	30 hr

Nearby

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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.