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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 31, 2021Coffee County, Dale County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2021, 4:42 PM CDT for Coffee County, Dale County, Alabama. It was in force for 17 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: Mar 31, 2021, 4:42 PM CDT (21:42 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2021, 4:59 PM CDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 31, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 184 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: 49 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 885 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

378 
WFUS52 KTAE 312142
TORTAE
ALC031-045-312215-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0019.210331T2142Z-210331T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
442 PM CDT Wed Mar 31 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  West central Dale County in southeastern Alabama...
  East central Coffee County in southeastern Alabama...

* Until 515 PM CDT.
    
* At 441 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Fort Rucker, moving east at 50 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...
  Fort Rucker around 445 PM CDT.
  Ozark around 500 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Dale
County Lake, Marley Hill, Tabernacle, Camp Alaflo Bsa, Dill, Dean
Church Road, Hooper Stage Field, Dillard and Eanon.

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 3142 8592 3153 8587 3152 8559 3135 8565
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 280DEG 43KT 3147 8581 

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

$$

72-BUNKER

1 follow-up statement

031 
WWUS52 KTAE 312159
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
459 PM CDT Wed Mar 31 2021

ALC031-045-312208-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-210331T2215Z/
Dale AL-Coffee AL-
459 PM CDT Wed Mar 31 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL DALE AND EAST CENTRAL COFFEE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been 
cancelled. However, damaging winds remain likely and a Severe 
Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.  However gusty 
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for
southeastern Alabama.


LAT...LON 3142 8592 3153 8587 3152 8559 3135 8565
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 280DEG 43KT 3143 8557 

$$

72-BUNKER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale	53 min
Mar 31, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva	38 min
Mar 31, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Henry, Houston	49 min
Mar 31, 5:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TAE	Dale, Henry	9 min
Mar 31, 5:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Geneva, Houston	50 min
Mar 31, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Henry, Houston	45 min
Mar 31, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Geneva	66 min
Mar 31, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Houston	51 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.