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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 8, 2008Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 8, 2008, 7:32 PM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 33 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
Oct 8, 2008, 7:32 PM EDT (23:32 UTC)
Expired
Oct 8, 2008, 8:05 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Franklin County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 8, 6:06 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 2008-10-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 289 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 2008-10-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 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
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 082332
TORTAE
FLC037-090015-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0072.081008T2332Z-081009T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES 
  SAINT GEORGE ISLAND...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT/715 PM CDT/

* AT 726 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER THE COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN APALACHICOLA AND
  SAINT GEORGE ISLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 22 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  EASTPOINT BY 745 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT THURSDAY
MORNING/MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING/ FOR CENTRAL FLORIDA AND
SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 2962 8499 2966 8492 2971 8478 2973 8476
      2976 8479 2972 8487 2973 8491 2977 8489
      2984 8479 2979 8475 2977 8478 2973 8476
      2975 8472 2973 8471 2967 8480 2960 8499
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 237DEG 19KT 2967 8495

$$

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1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KTAE 090005
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
805 PM EDT WED OCT 8 2008

FLC037-090013-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-081009T0015Z/
FRANKLIN FL-
803 PM EDT WED OCT 8 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE STRONG
ROTATION THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED. FOR THIS
REASON THE TORNADO WARNING FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO EFFECT THE AREA 
OVER THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY HEAVY
RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT 
THURSDAY MORNING/MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING/ FOR CENTRAL FLORIDA 
AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 2962 8499 2966 8492 2971 8478 2973 8476
      2976 8479 2972 8487 2973 8491 2977 8489
      2984 8479 2979 8475 2977 8478 2973 8476
      2975 8472 2973 8471 2967 8480 2960 8499
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 237DEG 19KT 2977 8478

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 8, 9:23 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay17 min
Oct 8, 10:10 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEFranklin20 min
Oct 8, 10:14 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE31 min
Oct 8, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Washington57 min
Oct 8, 2:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson52 min
Oct 8, 3:21 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEJackson24 min
Oct 8, 3:51 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEJackson39 min
Oct 8, 5:11 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEJackson49 min
Oct 8, 5:32 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEJefferson, Leon28 min
Oct 8, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE58 min

Nearby

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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.