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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 22, 2017, 12:23 PM CST for Dale County, Geneva County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 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 22, 2017, 12:23 PM CST (18:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2017, 1:00 PM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Houston County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 8:06 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 22, 11:47 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 1298 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 441 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.9
- Supercell composite
- 15.6
The text
As transmitted.
716
WFUS52 KTAE 221823
TORTAE
ALC045-061-069-221900-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0037.170122T1823Z-170122T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1223 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2017
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Houston County in southeastern Alabama...
Southwestern Dale County in southeastern Alabama...
Central Geneva County in southeastern Alabama...
* Until 100 PM CST
* At 1223 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near Geneva, moving northeast at 55 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...
Hartford around 1235 PM CST.
Daleville around 1240 PM CST.
Ozark, Newton and Pinckard around 1250 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Bald
Hill, Waterford, Clayhatchee, Wicksburg, Hollis Dairy Road, Kelly,
Eunola, Knox Field, Power Dam Road and Hanchey Field.
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 3120 8582 3120 8579 3123 8579 3140 8562
3121 8549 3101 8587 3107 8595
TIME...MOT...LOC 1823Z 229DEG 49KT 3109 8585
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
38-GODSEY1 follow-up statement
800
WWUS52 KTAE 221839
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1239 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2017
ALC045-061-069-221900-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-170122T1900Z/
Houston AL-Dale AL-Geneva AL-
1239 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN HOUSTON...SOUTHWESTERN DALE AND NORTHEASTERN GENEVA
COUNTIES...
At 1239 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Slocomb, or 10 miles southeast of Daleville, moving
northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Dothan and Pinckard around 1250 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Bald
Hill, Waterford, Clayhatchee, Wicksburg, Hollis Dairy Road, Kelly,
Knox Field, Power Dam Road, Hanchey Field and Dundee.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3140 8562 3121 8549 3109 8571 3115 8582
3120 8579 3124 8577
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 240DEG 50KT 3116 8562
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
38-GODSEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 9:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 15 min |
| 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, 12:56 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.