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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 24, 2015Dale County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 24, 2015, 8:15 AM CST for Dale County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 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: Dec 24, 2015, 8:15 AM CST (14:15 UTC)
Expired: Dec 24, 2015, 8:45 AM CST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Dale County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:16 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 24, 4:09 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 1020 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 579 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.5

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The text

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

717 
WFUS52 KTAE 241415
TORTAE
ALC045-241445-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0043.151224T1415Z-151224T1445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
815 AM CST THU DEC 24 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 845 AM CST
    
* AT 815 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ARITON...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF OZARK...
  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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHWESTERN DALE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  PHILLIPS CROSSROADS...ROBERTS CROSSROADS...DILLARD...ARGUTA AND
  DYKES 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 3162 8543 3150 8571 3154 8575 3162 8570
TIME...MOT...LOC 1415Z 227DEG 25KT 3155 8569 

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

$$

15-HARRIGAN

2 follow-up statements

459 
WWUS52 KTAE 241431
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
831 AM CST THU DEC 24 2015

ALC045-241445-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-151224T1445Z/
DALE AL-
831 AM CST THU DEC 24 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL DALE COUNTY...
    
AT 831 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR DOSTER...OR NEAR CLIO...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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PHILLIPS 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 3162 8555 3158 8561 3161 8565 3162 8564
TIME...MOT...LOC 1431Z 227DEG 25KT 3163 8559 

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

$$

15-HARRIGAN

959 
WWUS52 KTAE 241439
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
839 AM CST THU DEC 24 2015

ALC045-241448-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-151224T1445Z/
DALE AL-
839 AM CST THU DEC 24 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL DALE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
845 AM CST...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3162 8555 3158 8561 3161 8565 3162 8564
TIME...MOT...LOC 1438Z 227DEG 25KT 3163 8559 

$$

15-HARRIGAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 23, 9:22 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Geneva	13 days
Dec 23, 10:40 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Coffee	9 hr
Dec 23, 11:45 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Dale	5 hr
Dec 24, 12:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee	24 min
Dec 24, 12:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee	33 min
Dec 24, 1:47 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale	4 days
Dec 24, 7:46 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Coffee	89 min
Dec 24, 7:52 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Coffee	4 days
Dec 24, 7:54 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Coffee, Dale	2 hr
Dec 24, 8:55 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Houston	11 days
Dec 24, 12:53 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Coffee	3 hr
Dec 24, 1:05 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Dale	3 hr
Dec 24, 3:48 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	TAE	Coffee	3 hr
Dec 24, 5:42 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Henry	10 days

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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.