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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 23, 2008Jefferson County, Leon County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 23, 2008, 4:56 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Leon County, Florida. It was in force for 34 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
Aug 23, 2008, 4:56 PM EDT (20:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2008, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 29 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 2008-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 177 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2008-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
177 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
494 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 232056 RRA
TORTAE
FLC065-073-232130-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0035.080823T2056Z-080823T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
456 PM EDT SAT AUG 23 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 448 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR WACISSA...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF         
  MONTICELLO...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. ANOTHER DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS
  INDICATED NEAR FANLEW IN SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY ALSO MOVING 
  NORTH AT 35 MPH ALONG GENERALLY THE SAME PATH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LLOYD BY 500 PM EDT...
  WADESBORO AND BAUM BY 505 PM EDT...
  CONCORD BY 510 PM EDT...
  MICCOSUKEE AND FESTUS BY 515 PM EDT...

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 3021 8394 3023 8407 3046 8409 3065 8408
      3065 8406 3064 8400 3063 8399 3063 8395
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 184DEG 31KT 3040 8402

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 4:02 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningTAEDixie, Lafayette6 hr
Aug 23, 7:05 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningTAEDixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson, Lafayette and 5 more3 hr
Aug 23, 9:58 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEJefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor2 hr
Aug 23, 10:01 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningTAECalhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Lafayette and 5 more6 hr
Aug 23, 10:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAEHolmes, Washington50 hr
Aug 23, 10:47 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEMadison, Taylor43 min
Aug 23, 11:47 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEJefferson, Madison, Taylor3 hr
Aug 23, 12:08 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAECalhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty23 hr
Aug 23, 12:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEFranklin, Gadsden, Leon, Wakulla111 min
Aug 23, 12:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEJefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor110 min
Aug 23, 2:05 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAEWakulla67 hr
Aug 23, 2:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEDixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon and 4 more3 hr
Aug 23, 4:05 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEJefferson, Wakulla25 min
Aug 23, 5:33 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEJefferson27 min
Aug 23, 5:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEJefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla117 min
Aug 23, 6:06 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEJefferson24 min
Aug 23, 6:50 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAELeon5 days
Aug 23, 7:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEJefferson, Leon66 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.