Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 48, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 28, 2015, 10:52 AM CST for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 15 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 28, 2015, 10:52 AM CST (16:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2015, 11:07 AM CST
- In force
- 15 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), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:53 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 nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 769 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
099
WFUS52 KTAE 281652
TORTAE
ALC031-281730-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0048.151228T1652Z-151228T1730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1052 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1130 AM CST
* AT 1051 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF OPP...MOVING NORTH AT 45 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 1105 AM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
JACK...CHESTNUT GROVE...BLUFF SPRING...RHOADES...BASIN...PERRY
STORE...LOWRY MILL...NEWBY...ZOAR AND CARL FOLSOM A/P.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
TALLAHASSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3154 8614 3162 8612 3162 8590 3119 8606
3119 8611 3118 8612 3119 8613 3119 8619
TIME...MOT...LOC 1651Z 193DEG 39KT 3129 8613
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
42-DVD2 follow-up statements
233
WWUS52 KTAE 281658
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1058 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
ALC031-281730-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-151228T1730Z/
COFFEE AL-
1058 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CST FOR WESTERN
COFFEE COUNTY...
AT 1057 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ELBA...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
WESTERN COFFEE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...JACK...
CHESTNUT GROVE...BLUFF SPRING...BASIN...LOWRY MILL...NEWBY...ZOAR...
CARL FOLSOM A/P...WOODLAND GROVE CHURCH AND WILKINSTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3154 8614 3162 8612 3162 8590 3127 8603
3129 8618
TIME...MOT...LOC 1657Z 193DEG 39KT 3136 8611
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
42-DVD663
WWUS52 KTAE 281707
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1107 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
ALC031-281717-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-151228T1730Z/
COFFEE AL-
1107 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN COFFEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ALABAMA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TALLAHASSEE.
LAT...LON 3154 8614 3162 8612 3162 8590 3127 8603
3129 8618
TIME...MOT...LOC 1706Z 193DEG 39KT 3147 8608
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 1:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 80 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.