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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 4, 2015, 6:38 AM CST for Dale County, Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 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
- Jan 4, 2015, 6:38 AM CST (12:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2015, 7:15 AM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dale County, AL, Henry County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 7:10 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Headland, AL | TREES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 99. |
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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 152 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.
124 WFUS52 KTAE 041238 TORTAE ALC045-067-041315- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0002.150104T1238Z-150104T1315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 638 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE... * UNTIL 715 AM CST * AT 636 AM CST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 7 MILES WEST OF HEADLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GOLDBERG FIELD...HEADLAND MUNICIPAL A/P...CAPPS...AND WILLIS 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 3164 8516 3139 8515 3129 8548 3140 8552 TIME...MOT...LOC 1237Z 238DEG 38KT 3136 8545 $$ 38-GODSEY
1 follow-up statement
042 WWUS52 KTAE 041252 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 752 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015 ALC045-041301- /O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150104T1315Z/ DALE AL- 652 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL DALE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3146 8542 3164 8516 3139 8515 3132 8537 TIME...MOT...LOC 1251Z 238DEG 31KT 3140 8534 $$ ALC067-041315- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150104T1315Z/ HENRY AL- 652 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM CST FOR HENRY COUNTY... AT 649 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HEADLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CAPPS...ABBEVILLE...MILLER AND WILLIS 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 3146 8542 3164 8516 3139 8515 3132 8537 TIME...MOT...LOC 1251Z 238DEG 31KT 3140 8534 $$ 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, 6:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale | 37 min |
| Jan 4, 7:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 33 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.