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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 2, 2006Jefferson County, Wakulla County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 2, 2006, 6:31 PM EST for Jefferson County, Wakulla County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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
Feb 2, 2006, 6:31 PM EST (23:31 UTC)
Expired
Feb 2, 2006, 7:00 PM EST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jefferson County, FL, Wakulla County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 2, 5:52 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 38 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2006-02-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2006-02-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3195 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 022332
TORTAE
FLC065-129-030000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0013.060202T2331Z-060203T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
631 PM EST THU FEB 2 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  SOUTHEASTERN WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ST. MARKS

* UNTIL 700 PM EST

* AT 628 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. MARKS...OR
  ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF CRAWFORDVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ST. MARKS BY 645 PM EST...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3001 8444 2992 8432 3008 8398 3027 8407

$$

8-JAMSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 2, 9:51 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 hr
Feb 2, 2:24 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEFranklin21 min
Feb 2, 2:34 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE116 min
Feb 2, 2:45 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEGulf30 min
Feb 2, 3:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETaylor25 min
Feb 2, 3:35 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEFranklin, Gulf, Liberty25 min
Feb 2, 4:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWakulla26 min
Feb 2, 4:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWakulla26 min
Feb 2, 4:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Leon37 min
Feb 2, 4:44 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Feb 2, 4:55 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningTAELeon95 min
Feb 2, 5:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Madison37 min
Feb 2, 5:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Madison33 min
Feb 2, 6:32 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE28 min

Nearby

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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.