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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2014, 2:56 AM CST for Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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
- Nov 17, 2014, 2:56 AM CST (08:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2014, 3:30 AM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Geneva County, AL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 1:32 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
173
WFUS52 KTAE 170856
TORTAE
ALC061-170930-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0031.141117T0856Z-141117T0930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
256 AM CST MON NOV 17 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GENEVA...
* UNTIL 330 AM CST
* AT 253 AM CST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR GENEVA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HARTFORD
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 3104 8603 3120 8587 3119 8555 3099 8583
3099 8593
TIME...MOT...LOC 0856Z 226DEG 38KT 3104 8591
$$
42-DVD2 follow-up statements
176
WWUS52 KTAE 170913
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
313 AM CST MON NOV 17 2014
ALC061-170930-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-141117T0930Z/
GENEVA AL-
313 AM CST MON NOV 17 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL GENEVA COUNTY...
AT 310 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BELLWOOD...OR 8
MILES NORTHEAST OF GENEVA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HIGH
BLUFF
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR SAFER STRUCTURES.
GET TO THE LOWEST FLOOR AND PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE
TORNADO AS POSSIBLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3110 8579 3111 8585 3120 8583 3120 8576
3119 8562
TIME...MOT...LOC 0913Z 226DEG 38KT 3115 8577
$$
42-DVD244
WWUS52 KTAE 170925
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
325 AM CST MON NOV 17 2014
ALC061-170935-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-141117T0930Z/
GENEVA AL-
325 AM CST MON NOV 17 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL GENEVA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
330 AM CST...
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 3110 8579 3111 8585 3120 8583 3120 8576
3119 8562
TIME...MOT...LOC 0925Z 226DEG 38KT 3124 8566
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 2:07 AM CST | Freeze Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 31 hr |
| Nov 17, 2:07 AM CST | Hard Freeze Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 24 hr |
| Nov 17, 7:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 26 min |
| Nov 17, 12:47 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 19 hr |
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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.