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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 12, 2023Henry County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 12, 2023, 3:43 PM CST for Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 min. 3 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 12, 2023, 3:43 PM CST (21:43 UTC)
Expired: Jan 12, 2023, 4:15 PM CST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Henry County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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 12, 3:45 PM CST	TORNADO	1 Nw Edwin, AL	EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED BY STORM SURVEY.
Jan 12, 3:50 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ssw Lawrenceville, AL	NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF HENRY COUNTY, NORTH OF ABBEVILLE. 1 HOME WITH STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
Jan 12, 4:02 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ene Coates, AL	LARGE BRANCHES WERE BROKEN ALONG SHARON DR.

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 12, 2:36 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 167 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: 233 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 605 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.2

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The text

As transmitted.

411 
WFUS52 KTAE 122143
TORTAE
ALC067-122215-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0009.230112T2143Z-230112T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
343 PM CST Thu Jan 12 2023

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northern Henry County in southeastern Alabama...

* Until 415 PM CST.
    
* At 343 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Texasville, or 10 miles east of Clio, moving east
  at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.

  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
  northern Henry County, including the following locations...
  Screamer, Walter F. George Lock And Dam, Coates, Edwin, Thomas Mill
  Creek, Otho, Scottsboro Crossroads, Double Bridges and
  Lawrenceville.

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 3176 8513 3174 8512 3170 8513 3166 8508
      3164 8509 3162 8506 3163 8542 3171 8542
      3170 8522 3171 8521 3174 8520 3177 8515
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 256DEG 43KT 3168 8543 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

$$

01-GONZALEZ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 12, 2:13 AM CST	Wind Advisory	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	19 hr
Jan 12, 11:13 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dale, Henry	47 min
Jan 12, 11:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dale, Henry	34 min
Jan 12, 11:47 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Henry	43 min
Jan 12, 12:32 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Henry	28 min
Jan 12, 2:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TAE	Coffee	47 min
Jan 12, 2:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee	26 min
Jan 12, 3:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Henry	40 min
Jan 12, 3:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale	32 min
Jan 12, 3:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dale, Henry	52 min
Jan 12, 4:03 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Henry	27 min
Jan 12, 4:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	29 min
Jan 12, 5:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	45 min
Jan 12, 5:02 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Geneva	43 min
Jan 12, 5:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva	45 min
Jan 12, 5:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Henry	26 min
Jan 12, 5:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	58 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.