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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 3, 2019Geneva County, Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 2019, 12:20 PM CST for Geneva County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report 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: Mar 3, 2019, 12:20 PM CST (18:20 UTC)
Expired: Mar 3, 2019, 12:45 PM CST
In force: 25 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), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 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
Mar 3, 12:24 PM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	2 N Black, AL

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
Mar 3, 11:24 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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: 260 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 677 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

563 
WFUS52 KTAE 031820
TORTAE
ALC061-069-031845-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0007.190303T1820Z-190303T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1220 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2019

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Eastern Geneva County in southeastern Alabama...
  Northwestern Houston County in southeastern Alabama...

* Until 1245 PM CST.
    
* At 1220 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located over Hartford, or 11 miles south of Daleville,
  moving northeast at 30 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  eastern Geneva and northwestern Houston Counties, including the
  following locations... Kellys Crossroads, Eunola, High Bluff,
  Highfalls, Dundee, Bald Hill, Geneva Municipal A/P, Power Dam Road,
  Hendrix Crossroad and Bailey Crossroad.

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 8575 3120 8571 3121 8569 3123 8569
      3128 8562 3127 8561 3107 8550 3099 8585
      3111 8589
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 234DEG 85KT 3112 8569 

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

$$

04-MCD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 3, 12:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Geneva	14 min
Mar 3, 12:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Geneva	26 min
Mar 3, 12:37 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Dale, Geneva, Houston	38 min
Mar 3, 12:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Henry	28 min
Mar 3, 12:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Geneva	37 min
Mar 3, 3:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale	48 min
Mar 3, 3:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale	37 min
Mar 3, 3:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Geneva	38 min
Mar 3, 3:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	52 min
Mar 3, 4:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Geneva	41 min
Mar 3, 4:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Henry	49 min
Mar 3, 4:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	51 min
Mar 3, 4:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Henry	36 min
Mar 3, 4:50 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Geneva, Houston	25 min
Mar 3, 5:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Houston	35 min
Mar 3, 5:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Houston	33 min
Mar 3, 5:37 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Houston	23 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.