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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 18, 2015Coffee County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 18, 2015, 1:01 PM CST for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 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 18, 2015, 1:01 PM CST (19:01 UTC)
Expired: Nov 18, 2015, 1:45 PM CST
In force: 44 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), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 188 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 674 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 219 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 261 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

330 
WFUS52 KTAE 181901
TORTAE
ALC031-181945-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0037.151118T1901Z-151118T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
101 PM CST WED NOV 18 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
  INCLUDING THE CITY OF ENTERPRISE

* UNTIL 145 PM CST
    
* AT 101 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SAMSON...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  GENEVA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
  ENTERPRISE AROUND 130 PM CST.
  ELBA AND NEW BROCKTON AROUND 135 PM CST.
  FORT RUCKER AROUND 145 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CLINTONVILLE...RICHBURG...BATTENS CROSSROADS...CENTRAL CITY...MARVIN
CHAPEL...ENTERPRISE MUNICIPAL A/P...CAMP ALAFLO BSA...TURNER
CROSSROADS...GOODMAN AND INO.

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 3142 8602 3141 8579 3138 8579 3120 8586
      3119 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 211DEG 28KT 3114 8607 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

38-GODSEY

2 follow-up statements

989 
WWUS52 KTAE 181917
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
117 PM CST WED NOV 18 2015

ALC031-181945-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-151118T1945Z/
COFFEE AL-
117 PM CST WED NOV 18 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY...
    
AT 116 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAMSON...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ENTERPRISE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
  ENTERPRISE AND NEW BROCKTON AROUND 135 PM CST.
  FORT RUCKER AROUND 145 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ENTERPRISE MUNICIPAL A/P...CLINTONVILLE...RICHBURG...TURNER
CROSSROADS...GOODMAN...BATTENS CROSSROADS...LUCILE...CENTRAL CITY...
SHELL ARMY FIELD AND MARVIN CHAPEL.

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 3141 8598 3141 8579 3138 8579 3120 8586
      3119 8609
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 215DEG 27KT 3123 8598 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

38-GODSEY

595 
WWUS52 KTAE 181942
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
142 PM CST WED NOV 18 2015

ALC031-181951-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-151118T1945Z/
COFFEE AL-
142 PM CST WED NOV 18 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
145 PM CST...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ALABAMA.

&&

LAT...LON 3141 8598 3141 8579 3138 8579 3120 8586
      3119 8609
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 211DEG 28KT 3123 8598 

$$

38-GODSEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 18, 11:26 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee	49 min
Nov 18, 12:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Geneva	26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.