Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 15, 2001, 3:37 AM CST for Jackson County, Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 38 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2001, 3:37 AM CST (09:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2001, 4:15 AM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Jackson County, FL, Washington County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 3:40 AM CST | Tornado F2 | Round Lake, FL | The F2 tornado that touched down near Wausau in southeast Washington County, raced northeast across the Washington-Jackson County line and hit the Round Lake community just south of Alford before it dissipated. Fifteen homes were severely damaged and two home |
| Mar 15, 3:45 AM CST | Hail 1.25 | Alford, FL | Half dollar size hail reported by WJHG-7 TV in Panama City. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
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 15, 1:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2174 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTAE 150938 TORTLH FLC063-133-151015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 337 AM CST THU MAR 15 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JACKSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES MARIANNA... NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN FLORIDA * UNTIL 415 AM CST... * AT 332 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARIANNA...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF CHIPLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MARIANNA BY 355 AM CST... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...ABANDON YOUR MOBILE HOME FOR A REINFORCED SHELTER. LAT...LON 3071 8560 3054 8548 3069 8495 3094 8510 .END 12-WATSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes | 29 min |
| Mar 15, 3:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton, Washington | 42 min |
| Mar 15, 6:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 28 min |
| Mar 15, 1:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor | 45 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Florida, 2001Every tornado warning in 2001Tornadoes in 2001
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.