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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 25, 2008Jackson County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 2008, 7:38 PM CDT for Jackson County, Florida. It was in force for 37 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 25, 2008, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired: Aug 25, 2008, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Jackson County, FL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 25, 7:28 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	13 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 95 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2334 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 637 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.1
Supercell composite: 6.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 260038
TORTAE
FLC063-260115-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0049.080826T0038Z-080826T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
738 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 732 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR CHIPOLA TERRACE...OR JUST NORTH OF         
  MARIANNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GREENWOOD...TWO EGG AND DELLWOOD BY 745 PM CDT...
  BASCOM AND LOVEDALE BY 755 PM CDT...

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.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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 3099 8513 3099 8502 3094 8497 3076 8507
      3082 8526
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 213DEG 22KT 3083 8516

$$

17-GOULD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 25, 7:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Jackson	40 min
Aug 25, 7:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Jackson, Washington	49 min
Aug 25, 10:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Walton	29 min
Aug 25, 11:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Holmes	27 min
Aug 26, 3:33 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		57 min
Aug 26, 10:40 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TAE	Holmes, Washington	36 hr
Aug 26, 11:03 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TAE	Madison	36 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.