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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 18, 2015, 11:26 AM CST for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 min. 2 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
- Nov 18, 2015, 11:26 AM CST (17:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 18, 2015, 12:15 PM CST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Coffee County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 11:27 AM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 S Rhoades, AL | FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR KINSTON. |
| Nov 18, 11:41 AM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | Elba, AL | REPORT OF FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR ELBA. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 8:25 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -274 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 931 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 475 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 594 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
890
WFUS52 KTAE 181726
TORTAE
ALC031-181815-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0034.151118T1726Z-151118T1815Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1126 AM CST WED NOV 18 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1215 PM CST
* AT 1126 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OPP...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ELBA AROUND 1145 AM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CHESTNUT GROVE...BLUFF SPRING...CLOWERS CROSSROADS...ZOAR...CARL
FOLSOM A/P...DANLEYS CROSSROADS...ARCUS...WISE MILL...INO AND CAMP
HUMMING HILLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3153 8619 3153 8616 3154 8614 3162 8615
3162 8582 3119 8614 3120 8619
TIME...MOT...LOC 1726Z 205DEG 29KT 3128 8617
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
38-GODSEY1 follow-up statement
810
WWUS52 KTAE 181745
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1145 AM CST WED NOV 18 2015
ALC031-181815-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-151118T1815Z/
COFFEE AL-
1145 AM CST WED NOV 18 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN COFFEE COUNTY...
AT 1145 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER ELBA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN COFFEE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
VICTORIA...JACK...CHESTNUT GROVE...BLUFF SPRING...CLOWERS
CROSSROADS...LOWRY MILL...NEWBY...ZOAR...CARL FOLSOM A/P AND DANLEYS
CROSSROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3153 8619 3153 8616 3154 8614 3162 8615
3162 8582 3134 8603 3136 8619
TIME...MOT...LOC 1745Z 209DEG 31KT 3142 8608
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
38-GODSEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 12:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 26 min |
| Nov 18, 1:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 44 min |
| Nov 18, 2:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale | 44 min |
| Nov 18, 3:45 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dale, Henry | 45 min |
| Nov 18, 4:36 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Houston | 54 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.