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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 23, 20164 counties in Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 23, 2016, 10:14 PM CST for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 46 min. 16 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, 10:14 PM CST (04:14 UTC)
Expired: Feb 23, 2016, 11:00 PM CST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

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

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:15 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
Feb 23, 10:15 PM CST	TORNADO 0	Nw Bailey Crossroad, AL	THIS WAS A WEAK TORNADO JUST NORTH OF THE HOUSTON-GENEVA COUNTY BORDER. IT REMOVED METAL ROOFING FROM SEVERAL BARNS AND PORCHES. MULTIPLE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. PATH LENGTH 2.8 MILES. RATED EF0.
Feb 23, 10:24 PM CST	TORNADO 1	4 Sse Pinckard, AL	THIS TORNADO...RATED EF1...INITIALLY DEVELOPED IN HOUSTON COUNTY...BRIEFLY CROSSED INTO DALE COUNTY...BEFORE CROSSING BACK INTO HOUSTON COUNTY AND CAUSING DAMAGE IN THE MURPHY MILL RD AREA. THERE WAS A SMALL AREA OF EF1 DAMAGE ALONG MURPHY MILL RD WHERE MANY L
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.

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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 147 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.

186 
WFUS52 KTAE 240414
TORTAE
ALC045-061-067-069-240500-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0009.160224T0414Z-160224T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1014 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
  NORTHEASTERN GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
  SOUTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CST
    
* AT 1014 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SLOCOMB...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  DALEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  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...
  DOTHAN...TAYLOR AND PINCKARD AROUND 1025 PM CST.
  MIDLAND CITY AROUND 1030 PM CST.
  KINSEY...COWARTS...WEBB AND KINSEY AROUND 1035 PM CST.
  HEADLAND AROUND 1045 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
GRANDBERRY CROSSROADS...GREEN ACRES...BALD HILL...PLEASANT PLAINS...
SMYRNA...W. MAIN/BRANNON ST...NAPIER FIELD...PEARCE...JONES
CROSSROADS AND ENON.

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 3112 8565 3118 8571 3152 8536 3124 8512
TIME...MOT...LOC 0414Z 238DEG 39KT 3118 8560 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

15-HARRIGAN

2 follow-up statements

322 
WWUS52 KTAE 240429
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1029 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

ALC061-240439-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160224T0500Z/
GENEVA AL-
1029 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GENEVA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS 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.

LAT...LON 3121 8551 3128 8558 3151 8535 3131 8518
TIME...MOT...LOC 0429Z 233DEG 25KT 3127 8549 

$$

ALC045-067-069-240500-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160224T0500Z/
HOUSTON AL-HENRY AL-DALE AL-
1029 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL HOUSTON...SOUTHWESTERN HENRY AND SOUTHEASTERN DALE
COUNTIES...
        
AT 1029 PM CST...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MIDLAND CITY...
OR NEAR DOTHAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

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 TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  KINSEY...WEBB AND KINSEY AROUND 1045 PM CST.
  HEADLAND AROUND 1055 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
GRANDBERRY CROSSROADS...BLACKWOOD...HEADLAND MUNICIPAL A/P...PLEASANT
PLAINS...SYLVAN GROVE...W. MAIN/BRANNON ST...NAPIER FIELD...KELLY
SPRINGS...CURRYTOWN AND NEWVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3121 8551 3128 8558 3151 8535 3131 8518
TIME...MOT...LOC 0429Z 233DEG 25KT 3127 8549 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

15-HARRIGAN

452 
WWUS52 KTAE 240440
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1040 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

ALC045-067-069-240500-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160224T0500Z/
HOUSTON AL-HENRY AL-DALE AL-
1040 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL HOUSTON...SOUTHWESTERN HENRY AND EAST CENTRAL DALE
COUNTIES...
        
AT 1040 PM CST...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER KINSEY...OR
OVER HEADLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

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
NORTH CENTRAL HOUSTON...SOUTHWESTERN HENRY AND EAST CENTRAL DALE
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GRANDBERRY
CROSSROADS...BLACKWOOD...NEWVILLE...HEADLAND MUNICIPAL A/P...PLEASANT
PLAINS AND KIRKLAND CROSSROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3125 8538 3140 8546 3151 8535 3131 8518
TIME...MOT...LOC 0440Z 241DEG 40KT 3132 8534 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

15-HARRIGAN

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, 10:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	65 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.