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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 21, 2017, 9:18 PM CST for Coffee County, Geneva 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
- Jan 21, 2017, 9:18 PM CST (03:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2017, 9:33 PM CST
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Coffee County, AL, Geneva County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 6:51 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1065 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
619
WFUS52 KTAE 220318
TORTAE
ALC031-061-220400-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0017.170122T0318Z-170122T0400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
918 PM CST SAT JAN 21 2017
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southern Coffee County in southeastern Alabama...
Northwestern Geneva County in southeastern Alabama...
* Until 1000 PM CST
* At 918 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Opp, moving northeast 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...
Enterprise and New Brockton around 950 PM CST.
Fort Rucker around 1000 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Clintonville, Coppinville, Rhoades, Keyton, Perry Store, Battens
Crossroads, Estothel, Central City, Marvin Chapel and Enterprise
Municipal A/P.
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 3129 8619 3145 8579 3128 8579 3118 8590
3113 8619 3124 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 0318Z 240DEG 38KT 3119 8622
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
42-DVD1 follow-up statement
249
WWUS52 KTAE 220333
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
933 PM CST SAT JAN 21 2017
ALC031-061-220343-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-170122T0400Z/
Coffee AL-Geneva AL-
933 PM CST SAT JAN 21 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN COFFEE AND NORTHWESTERN GENEVA
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled. However small hail and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 300 AM CST for southeastern
Alabama.
LAT...LON 3129 8619 3145 8579 3128 8579 3118 8590
3113 8619 3124 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 0331Z 240DEG 38KT 3127 8606
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 9:35 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 5 hr |
| Jan 21, 10:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 39 min |
| Jan 21, 10:13 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Henry | 5 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry, Houston | 46 min |
| Jan 22, 1:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 46 min |
| Jan 22, 2:17 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Dale | 57 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:39 AM CST | Wind Advisory | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 14 hr |
| Jan 22, 8:25 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Geneva | 4 days |
| Jan 22, 9:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 21 min |
| Jan 22, 9:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 10:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 11:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry, Houston | 29 min |
| Jan 22, 11:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva | 53 min |
| Jan 22, 12:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 12:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Houston | 37 min |
| Jan 22, 12:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry, Houston | 34 min |
| Jan 22, 12:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 46 min |
| Jan 22, 1:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 25 min |
| Jan 22, 1:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 36 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.