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Tornado Warning 73, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 14, 2008, 10:30 PM EST for Gadsden County, Leon County, Florida; Decatur County, Grady County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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
- Nov 14, 2008, 10:30 PM EST (03:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 2008, 11:00 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Gadsden County, FL, Leon County, FL, Decatur County, GA, Grady County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:32 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 7:37 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 1390 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTAE 150330 TORTAE FLC039-073-GAC087-131-150400- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0073.081115T0330Z-081115T0400Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1030 PM EST FRI NOV 14 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN GADSDEN COUNTY IN FLORIDA... NORTH CENTRAL LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA... SOUTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... SOUTHWESTERN GRADY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 1100 PM EST * AT 1027 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR QUINCY...OR 20 MILES WEST OF TALLAHASSEE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SHADY REST...FLORENCE...FREEMONT AND SCOTLAND BY 1040 PM EST... HAVANA...HINSON...RICH BAY AND JAMIESON BY 1045 PM EST... CONCORD AND DARSEY BY 1050 PM EST... 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3092 8436 3064 8410 3041 8459 3057 8469 TIME...MOT...LOC 0331Z 234DEG 38KT 3054 8456 $$ FOURNIER
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KTAE 150347 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1047 PM EST FRI NOV 14 2008 FLC073-150357- /O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-081115T0400Z/ LEON FL- 1047 PM EST FRI NOV 14 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL LEON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3081 8446 3067 8431 3054 8454 3062 8460 TIME...MOT...LOC 0347Z 236DEG 28KT 3063 8449 $$ FLC039-GAC087-131-150400- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-081115T0400Z/ GADSDEN FL-GRADY GA-DECATUR GA- 1047 PM EST FRI NOV 14 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FOR SOUTHEASTERN DECATUR...EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN GRADY AND NORTHEASTERN GADSDEN COUNTIES... AT 1044 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LITTMAN...OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF TALLAHASSEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... JAMIESON...HINSON...HAVANA AND AMSTERDAM BY 1055 PM EST... DARSEY AND CONCORD BY 1100 PM EST... 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3081 8446 3067 8431 3054 8454 3062 8460 TIME...MOT...LOC 0347Z 236DEG 28KT 3063 8449 $$ 9-FOURNIER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 7:31 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 59 min | |
| Nov 14, 8:29 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 61 min | |
| Nov 14, 9:56 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 64 min | |
| Nov 14, 10:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Liberty | 45 min |
| Nov 15, 4:25 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 34 hr |
| Nov 15, 9:14 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 10 hr |
| Nov 15, 2:51 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 37 hr |
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.