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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 16, 2014, 9:51 AM CDT for Coffee County, Dale County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 16, 2014, 9:51 AM CDT (14:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2014, 10:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 10:06 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ozark, AL | POWER LINE DOWN ON MEGAN RD IN OZARK, AL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 8:59 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 891 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 423 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 431 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
113 WFUS52 KTAE 161451 TORTAE ALC031-045-161515- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0002.140316T1451Z-140316T1515Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 951 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... CENTRAL DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OZARK...FORT RUCKER... * UNTIL 1015 AM CDT * AT 949 AM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR LEVEL PLAINS...OR NEAR ENTERPRISE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEWTON 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 3135 8542 3127 8582 3143 8585 3160 8542 TIME...MOT...LOC 1451Z 246DEG 48KT 3137 8578 $$ 42-DVD
1 follow-up statement
337 WWUS52 KTAE 161506 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1006 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ALC031-045-161515- /O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140316T1515Z/ COFFEE AL-DALE AL- 1006 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL DALE AND EAST CENTRAL COFFEE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1015 AM CDT... RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3... OR YOU MAY CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 5 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3135 8542 3127 8582 3143 8585 3160 8542 TIME...MOT...LOC 1505Z 246DEG 48KT 3144 8558 $$ 42-DVD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 25 hr |
| Mar 16, 9:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva | 67 min |
| Mar 16, 10:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 58 min |
| Mar 16, 10:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva, Henry, Houston | 60 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.