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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 23, 20164 counties in Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 23, 2016, 10:25 PM CST for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 65 min. 17 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: Feb 23, 2016, 10:25 PM CST (04:25 UTC)
Expired: Feb 23, 2016, 11:30 PM CST
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:25 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 23, 10:28 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	4 Sse Midland City, AL	POWERLINES DOWN ON MURPHY MILL ROAD. ALSO POWER LINES DOWN ON WESTGATE AT TECHNOLOGY.
Feb 23, 10:28 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	4 Wnw Dothan, AL	TREE BLOWN INTO THE ROADWAY WEST MAIN AT JOHN D ODOM.
Feb 23, 10:31 PM CST	TORNADO 1	4 Nw Dothan, AL	RATED EF1 WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 1.9 MILES. DAMAGE WAS FOCUSED AT THE ATHLETIC CENTER OF A PRIVATE SCHOOL AND A NEARBY NEIGHBORHOOD. CONCRETE BLOCK BASEBALL DUGOUT WAS DESTROYED AND SEVERAL WOOD POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED. MULTIPLE HOMES HAD MINOR ROOF DAMAGE.
Feb 23, 10:32 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Nnw Dothan, AL	8 POWER POLES SNAPPED ON TECHNOLOGY DRIVE AND TREES ALSO BROUGHT DOWN POWER LINES AT WESTGATE PARKWAY AND PROVINCIAL STREET.
Feb 23, 10:32 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	4 Nw Dothan, AL	WTVY REPORTS DAMAGE TO NORTHSIDE WALMART WITH POSSIBLE ROOF DAMAGE AND DAMAGE TO DOORS.
Feb 23, 10:32 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	4 Nw Dothan, AL	WTVY REPORTS DAMAGE TO NORTHSIDE WALMART WITH POSSIBLE ROOF DAMAGE AND DAMAGE TO DOORS. ALSO REPORTS OF POWER LINES SNAPPED IN HALF AND TREES DOWN IN THE AREA.
Feb 23, 10:33 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 47	3 E Midland City, AL	MEASURED GUST TO 41 KNOTS OR 47 MPH AT THE DOTHAN AIRPORT AUTOMATED OBSERVATION.
Feb 23, 10:33 PM CST	TORNADO	3 Nw Dothan, AL	NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DAMAGE ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF DOTHAN INCLUDING MANY TREES DAMAGED AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AS WELL. IN THE VICINITY OF THE WALMART. THERE WAS A DEBRIS SIGNATURE ON RADAR AT THE TIME AND SOME OF THIS DAMAGE IS LIKELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TORNA
Feb 23, 10:34 PM CST	TORNADO 1	Kinsey, AL	RATED EF1 WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 3.8 MILES. THIS WAS THE FOURTH TORNADO TO DEVELOP IN NORTHWEST HOUSTON COUNTY. THE TORNADO BEGAN JUST SOUTH OF WESTGATE PARKWAY AND THEN QUICKLY INTENSIFIED SNAPPING 5 POWER POLES NEAR WESTGATE PKWY AND TECHNOLOGY DR. SEVERAL HO
Feb 23, 10:35 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Wnw Dothan, AL	LARGE PINE TREE DOWN AT HAZELWOOD AND KENT IN DOTHAN.
Feb 23, 10:38 PM CST	TORNADO 1	2 W Headland, AL	THIS TORNADO WAS THE FIFTH TORNADO TO BE SPAWNED BY THE SAME THUNDERSTORM. THE TORNADO INITIALLY DEVELOPED NEAR CR-83 AND THE CITY LIMITS OF HEADLAND WHERE LARGE TREES WERE UPROOTED. IT ENDED NEAR KNOWLES ROAD AND CR-16 WHERE A HOUSE HAD ROOF DAMAGE...AN RV WA
Feb 23, 10:38 PM CST	TORNADO	Kinsey, AL	UPDATED KINSEY REPORT...ADDITIONAL MEDIA REPORTS OF DAMAGE IN THE KINSEY AREA WITH NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN AND CARPORTS DESTROYED. THERE WAS A DEBRIS SIGNATURE ON RADAR WITH THIS.
Feb 23, 10:38 PM CST	TORNADO	Kinsey, AL	KINSEY FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED OUT FOR DAMAGE...RELAYED BY THE MEDIA. THERE WAS ALSO A DEBRIS SIGNATURE ON EOX RADAR AT THE TIME.
Feb 23, 10:49 PM CST	TORNADO	5 Ne Headland, AL	DAMAGE TO 5 RESIDENCES AND NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NORTHEAST OF HEADLAND. DEBRIS SIGNATURE ON RADAR AT THE TIME.
Feb 23, 10:54 PM CST	TORNADO 0	2 Ne Balkum, AL	A SHORT TORNADO TRACK WAS DETERMINED ALONG CR-53 JUST NORTH OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH CR-26. THIS WAS A CONCENTRATED AREA OF TREE DAMAGE.
Feb 23, 11:02 PM CST	TORNADO 1	Wsw Hardwickburg, AL	A SHORT TORNADO PATH WAS OBSERVED ALONG CR-65 JUST TO THE EAST OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH HIGHWAY 95. MANY LARGE TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG THIS SHORT PATH.
Feb 23, 11:20 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Columbia, AL	TREES BLOWN DOWN NEAR A RESIDENCE IN COLUMBIA. PUBLIC POST TO WTVY FACEBOOK.

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
Feb 23, 8:08 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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: 100 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 605 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

467 
WUUS52 KTAE 240425
SVRTAE
ALC045-061-067-069-240530-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0031.160224T0425Z-160224T0530Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1025 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
  EASTERN GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
  HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
  DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 1130 PM CST

* AT 1025 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR BLUE SPRINGS STATE PARK TO NEAR TAYLOR TO NEAR
  GRACEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ABBEVILLE...COTTONWOOD...FORT GAINES...DOTHAN...OZARK...HEADLAND...
  FORT RUCKER...HARTFORD...TAYLOR...MIDLAND CITY...KINSEY...
  ASHFORD...SLOCOMB...COWARTS...NEWTON...WEBB...ARITON...COLUMBIA...
  PINCKARD AND MALVERN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3174 8512 3170 8513 3162 8506 3154 8504
      3147 8507 3137 8509 3132 8508 3126 8511
      3117 8510 3109 8503 3100 8542 3100 8570
      3101 8570 3130 8566 3162 8572 3162 8542
      3171 8542 3170 8522 3174 8520 3177 8515
TIME...MOT...LOC 0425Z 244DEG 43KT 3161 8547 3121 8548 3099 8559 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

15-HARRIGAN

2 follow-up statements

284 
WWUS52 KTAE 240443
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1043 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

ALC045-061-067-069-240530-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-160224T0530Z/
HOUSTON AL-GENEVA AL-HENRY AL-DALE AL-
1043 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CST
FOR HOUSTON...EASTERN GENEVA...HENRY AND EASTERN DALE COUNTIES...

AT 1042 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR RICHARDS CROSSROADS TO NEAR WEBB TO NEAR
COTTONWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ABBEVILLE...COTTONWOOD...FORT GAINES...HEADLAND...DOTHAN...
HARTFORD...TAYLOR...KINSEY...ASHFORD...SLOCOMB...COWARTS...WEBB...
COLUMBIA...MALVERN...REHOBETH...GRIMES...AVON...NEWVILLE...NAPIER
FIELD AND MADRID.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3174 8512 3170 8513 3162 8506 3154 8504
      3131 8509 3126 8511 3117 8510 3109 8503
      3100 8542 3100 8570 3119 8567 3126 8549
      3132 8545 3154 8546 3162 8545 3162 8542
      3171 8542 3170 8522 3174 8520 3177 8515
TIME...MOT...LOC 0442Z 244DEG 43KT 3170 8526 3130 8527 3108 8538 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

15-HARRIGAN

870 
WWUS52 KTAE 240509
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1109 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

ALC045-240518-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-160224T0530Z/
DALE AL-
1109 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN DALE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3174 8512 3170 8513 3162 8506 3154 8504
      3131 8509 3126 8511 3117 8510 3109 8503
      3100 8542 3100 8551 3117 8538 3124 8528
      3132 8526 3146 8525 3167 8522 3170 8522
      3174 8520 3177 8515
TIME...MOT...LOC 0508Z 244DEG 43KT 3182 8497 3142 8498 3120 8509 

$$

ALC061-067-069-240530-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-160224T0530Z/
HOUSTON AL-GENEVA AL-HENRY AL-
1109 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CST
FOR EASTERN HOUSTON...SOUTHEASTERN GENEVA AND EASTERN HENRY
COUNTIES...

AT 1108 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GEORGETOWN TO NEAR BLAKELY TO 6
MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ABBEVILLE...COTTONWOOD...FORT GAINES...DOTHAN...ASHFORD...COWARTS...
WEBB...COLUMBIA...AVON...MADRID...GORDON...HALEBURG...MEMPHIS...
SCOTTSBORO CROSSROADS...PLEASANT PLAINS...ARDILLA...WILLIS
CROSSROADS...SOUTHERN JUNCTION...HODGESVILLE AND SCREAMER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3174 8512 3170 8513 3162 8506 3154 8504
      3131 8509 3126 8511 3117 8510 3109 8503
      3100 8542 3100 8551 3117 8538 3124 8528
      3132 8526 3146 8525 3167 8522 3170 8522
      3174 8520 3177 8515
TIME...MOT...LOC 0508Z 244DEG 43KT 3182 8497 3142 8498 3120 8509 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

9-FOURNIER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 23, 8:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Geneva	43 min
Feb 23, 9:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Geneva	51 min
Feb 23, 9:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston	40 min
Feb 23, 10:14 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	46 min
Feb 23, 10:37 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Geneva	113 min
Feb 23, 10:48 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TAE	Henry	30 min
Feb 23, 10:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Henry, Houston	51 min
Feb 23, 11:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Henry	25 min
Feb 23, 11:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Henry, Houston	67 min
Feb 23, 11:41 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Houston	2 hr
Feb 24, 2:54 AM CST	Wind Advisory	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	14 hr

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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.