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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 2, 2017Geneva County, Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 2, 2017, 7:33 PM CST for Geneva County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 27 min. 6 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: Jan 2, 2017, 7:33 PM CST (01:33 UTC)
Expired: Jan 2, 2017, 8:00 PM CST
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Geneva County, AL, Houston County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 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
Jan 2, 7:35 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Malvern, AL	BACK PORCH AWNING OF A HOUSE DAMAGED IN MALVERN
Jan 2, 7:35 PM CST	TORNADO	4 Ssw Taylor, AL	TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN GENEVA COUNTY NEAR HOUSTON COUNTY BORDER ALONG REHOBETH ROAD BEFORE LIFTING AFTER CROSSING US 231 EAST OF THE NATIONAL PEANUT FESTIVAL GROUNDS. IN GENEVA COUNTY THE TORNADO DEBARKED AND DENUDED SEVERAL LARGE TREES AND SNAPPED OR UPROOTE
Jan 2, 7:40 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sse Taylor, AL	* 4 FATAL * NWS SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT THE DAMAGE AT LEONARD DRIVE IN THE REHOBETH AREAS WAS CAUSED BY STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ON THE SOUTHERN FLANK OF A TORNADO JUST TO THE NORTH. DAMAGE CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS LARGE TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. ONE
Jan 2, 7:40 PM CST	TORNADO	Rehobeth, AL	* 4 FATAL * SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN THE REHOBETH AREA. GOVERNOR TWEETED 4 FATALITIES
Jan 2, 7:46 PM CST	TORNADO	3 Sse Dothan, AL	TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG E. COTTONWOOD ROAD SE OF DOTHAN AL. THE TORNADO TRAVELED EAST FOR APPROXIMATELY 2.6 MILES ALONG MCCALLISTER ROAD BEFORE LIFTING NEAR ROSEWOOD DRIVE. ONE HOME HAD ITS ROOF REMOVED WITH OTHERS HAD SIGNIFICANT SHINGLE DAMAGE. THIS...ALO
Jan 2, 7:47 PM CST	TORNADO	3 Wsw Cowarts, AL	DOWNED TREES REPORTED NEAR THE MCCALLISTER AND BEVERLYE ROAD AREA. TDS OBSERVED ON RADAR IN THIS AREA

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
Jan 2, 3:46 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 140 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: 202 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 638 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 3.4

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The text

As transmitted.

170 
WFUS52 KTAE 030133
TORTAE
ALC061-069-030200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0003.170103T0133Z-170103T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
733 PM CST MON JAN 2 2017

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Houston County in southeastern Alabama...
  Northeastern Geneva County in southeastern Alabama...

* Until 800 PM CST
    
* At 733 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Taylor, or 8 miles southwest of Dothan, moving
  northeast at 35 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...
  Dothan around 745 PM CST. 
  Cowarts around 755 PM CST. 
  Webb and Kinsey around 800 PM CST. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Green
Acres, Ardilla, Smyrna, Rehobeth, Wilson Mill, W. Main/brannon St,
Jones Crossroads, Enon, Malvern and Olympia Spa Resort.

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 3127 8522 3106 8543 3110 8559 3125 8550
      3125 8549 3129 8547
TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 226DEG 31KT 3112 8551 

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

$$

ADL

1 follow-up statement

527 
WWUS52 KTAE 030149
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
749 PM CST MON JAN 2 2017

ALC061-030158-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170103T0200Z/
Geneva AL-
749 PM CST MON JAN 2 2017

...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 1000 PM CST for southeastern
Alabama.

LAT...LON 3110 8539 3117 8545 3128 8539 3127 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 226DEG 31KT 3121 8540 

$$

ALC069-030200-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170103T0200Z/
Houston AL-
749 PM CST MON JAN 2 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL HOUSTON COUNTY...
        
At 748 PM CST, a confirmed tornado was located near Dothan, moving
northeast at 35 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...
  Webb and Kinsey around 800 PM CST. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Olympia Spa Resort, Enon, Ardilla, Smyrna, Wilson Mill and Memphis.

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 3110 8539 3117 8545 3128 8539 3127 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 226DEG 31KT 3121 8540 

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

$$

ADL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 2, 6:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Geneva	80 min
Jan 2, 7:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	55 min
Jan 2, 7:13 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Dale, Geneva, Houston	3 hr
Jan 2, 7:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Henry, Houston	60 min
Jan 2, 7:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TAE	Houston	29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.