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Tornado Warning 71, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 8, 2008Jefferson County, Leon County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 8, 2008, 5:32 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Leon County, Florida. It was in force for 28 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Oct 8, 2008, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired: Oct 8, 2008, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 8, 5:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Lloyd, FL	10 TO 15 TREES BLOWN DOWN...1 POWER POLE DOWN.
Oct 8, 5:40 PM EDT	TORNADO	1 S Lloyd, FL	POSSIBLE TORNADO. 10 TO 15 TREES BLOWN DOWN...1 POWER POLE DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 32 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: 289 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 082132
TORTAE
FLC065-073-082200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0071.081008T2132Z-081008T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
532 PM EDT WED OCT 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 529 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR LLOYD...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  MONTICELLO...MOVING NORTH AT 12 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL EASTERN LEON COUNTY AT 550 PM EDT

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.

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.

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 3059 8404 3057 8388 3045 8400 3046 8405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 201DEG 10KT 3048 8401

$$

38-GODSEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 8, 9:23 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Bay	17 min
Oct 8, 10:10 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Franklin	20 min
Oct 8, 10:14 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		31 min
Oct 8, 1:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Washington	57 min
Oct 8, 2:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jackson	52 min
Oct 8, 3:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Jackson	24 min
Oct 8, 3:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Jackson	39 min
Oct 8, 5:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Jackson	49 min
Oct 8, 7:32 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		58 min
Oct 8, 7:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Franklin	33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.