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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 4, 2015Dale County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 4, 2015, 6:23 AM CST for Dale County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 min. 5 reports 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
Jan 4, 2015, 6:23 AM CST (12:23 UTC)
Expired
Jan 4, 2015, 7:00 AM CST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Dale County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:26 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 4, 6:28 AM CSTTSTM WND DMGMidland City, ALDAMAGE TO BASEBALL FIELDS AT DALE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.
Jan 4, 6:28 AM CSTTSTM WND DMGPinckard, ALDAMAGE TO STRUCTURES NEAR COUNTY ROAD 55 AND COUNTY ROAD 9.
Jan 4, 6:28 AM CSTTORNADO 0Pinckard, ALDAMAGE TO STRUCTURES NEAR COUNTY ROAD 55 AND COUNTY ROAD 9.
Jan 4, 6:30 AM CSTTSTM WND DMGPinckard, ALTREES DOWN CLOSE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NEAR PINCKARD.
Jan 4, 6:30 AM CSTTORNADO 0Midland City, ALDAMAGE TO BASEBALL FIELDS AT DALE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 155 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2015-01-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 300 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2015-01-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 210 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
300 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

463 
WFUS52 KTAE 041223
TORTAE
ALC045-041300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0001.150104T1223Z-150104T1300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
623 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 700 AM CST

* AT 621 AM CST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR PINCKARD...OR 7 MILES EAST OF
  DALEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MIDLAND CITY

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 3141 8542 3131 8542 3127 8560 3127 8561
      3129 8563
TIME...MOT...LOC 1223Z 249DEG 26KT 3128 8559

$$

38-GODSEY
1 follow-up statement
122 
WWUS52 KTAE 041231
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
631 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015

ALC045-041300-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150104T1300Z/
DALE AL-
631 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL DALE COUNTY...

AT 628 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PINCKARD...OR 10
MILES EAST OF FORT RUCKER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MIDLAND
CITY...NAPIER FIELD AND SYLVAN GROVE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! GET TO THE LOWEST FLOOR AND PUT AS MANY WALLS 
BETWEEN YOU AND THE TORNADO AS POSSIBLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3131 8559 3141 8542 3131 8542 3128 8555
TIME...MOT...LOC 1231Z 249DEG 26KT 3132 8551

$$

38-GODSEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 4, 6:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDale, Houston27 min
Jan 4, 6:38 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEDale, Henry37 min
Jan 4, 7:12 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEHenry33 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.