Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 6:28 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Midland City, AL | DAMAGE TO BASEBALL FIELDS AT DALE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. |
| Jan 4, 6:28 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Pinckard, AL | DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES NEAR COUNTY ROAD 55 AND COUNTY ROAD 9. |
| Jan 4, 6:28 AM CST | TORNADO 0 | Pinckard, AL | DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES NEAR COUNTY ROAD 55 AND COUNTY ROAD 9. |
| Jan 4, 6:30 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Pinckard, AL | TREES DOWN CLOSE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NEAR PINCKARD. |
| Jan 4, 6:30 AM CST | TORNADO 0 | Midland City, AL | DAMAGE 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.
- 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
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
$$
38-GODSEY1 follow-up statement
122 WWUS52 KTAE 041231 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 631 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ALC045-041300- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150104T1300Z/ DALE AL- 631 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST FOR EAST CENTRAL DALE COUNTY... AT 628 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PINCKARD...OR 10 MILES EAST OF FORT RUCKER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MIDLAND CITY...NAPIER FIELD AND SYLVAN GROVE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW! GET TO THE LOWEST FLOOR AND PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE TORNADO AS POSSIBLE. && LAT...LON 3131 8559 3141 8542 3131 8542 3128 8555 TIME...MOT...LOC 1231Z 249DEG 26KT 3132 8551 $$ 38-GODSEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 6:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Houston | 27 min |
| Jan 4, 6:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 37 min |
| Jan 4, 7:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 33 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.