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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2006, 1:42 PM CST for Geneva County, Alabama; Holmes County, Florida. It was in force for 48 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
- Nov 15, 2006, 1:42 PM CST (19:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2006, 2:30 PM CST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Geneva County, AL, Holmes County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 9:54 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 657 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 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 151943 TORTAE ALC061-FLC059-152030- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0039.061115T1942Z-061115T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 142 PM CST WED NOV 15 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN HOLMES COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA EASTERN GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GENEVA * UNTIL 230 PM CST * AT 135 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTH OF GENEVA...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GENEVA BY 150 PM CST... HARTFORD BY 200 PM CST... SLOCOMB BY 205 PM CST... RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3090 8604 3077 8589 3111 8551 3120 8570 $$ 14-MROCZKA
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KTAE 152004 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 303 PM EST WED NOV 15 2006 FLC059-152013- /O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-061115T2030Z/ HOLMES FL- 203 PM CST WED NOV 15 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HOLMES COUNTY IS CANCELLED... RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3103 8584 3100 8566 3116 8549 3120 8570 $$ ALC061-152030- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-061115T2030Z/ GENEVA AL- 203 PM CST WED NOV 15 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CST FOR EASTERN GENEVA COUNTY... AT 157 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OAK GROVE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF GENEVA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SLOCOMB BY 210 PM CST... MALVERN BY 215 PM CST... RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3103 8584 3100 8566 3116 8549 3120 8570 $$ 14-MROCZKA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 3:42 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 17 hr |
| Nov 15, 11:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 44 min |
| Nov 15, 12:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 19 min |
| Nov 15, 1:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 27 min |
| Nov 15, 1:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Houston | 34 min |
| Nov 15, 1:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 41 min |
| Nov 15, 2:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry, Houston | 35 min |
| Nov 15, 2:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 35 min |
| Nov 15, 2:43 AM CST | Coastal Flood Advisory | TAE | Bay, Dixie, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Taylor and 2 more | 27 hr |
| Nov 15, 12:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 47 min |
| Nov 15, 12:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 48 min |
| Nov 15, 1:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 29 min |
| Nov 15, 1:18 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 117 min | |
| Nov 15, 2:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 49 min |
| Nov 15, 3:01 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 119 min | |
| Nov 15, 3:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Washington | 39 min |
| Nov 15, 4:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 38 min |
| Nov 15, 5:12 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr |
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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.