Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 28, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2008, 8:27 PM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 18 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
- Jun 12, 2008, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2008, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 20 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
- 1380 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 899 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 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 130128
TORTAE
FLC131-130145-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0028.080613T0127Z-080613T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
827 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA BEACH AND SANDESTIN
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 826 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A WATERSPOUT MOVING
TOWARD SHORE 7 MILES WEST OF SANTA ROSA BEACH OR VERY NEAR
SANDESTIN...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
WATERSPOUTS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED DAMAGE AS THEY MOVE ONSHORE. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS WATERSPOUT...PLEASE GO TO A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY.
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3036 8631 3038 8638 3041 8640 3041 8636
3045 8632 3044 8626 3035 8621 3035 8628
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 146DEG 5KT 3037 8635
$$
38-GODSEY1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KTAE 130146
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
944 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2008
FLC131-130154-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-080613T0145Z/
WALTON FL-
844 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN WALTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
845 PM CDT...
THE WATERSPOUT HAS DISSIPATED...THUS THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE. SEVERAL OBSERVATIONS WERE RECEIVED NEAR MIRAMAR BEACH AND
SANDESTIN OF A WATERSPOUT MOVING ASHORE.
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3036 8631 3038 8638 3041 8640 3041 8636
3045 8632 3044 8626 3035 8621 3035 8628
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 146DEG 5KT 3039 8637
$$
38-GODSEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 6:45 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 30 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.