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Tornado Warning 74, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 30, 2008Taylor County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 30, 2008, 6:01 AM EST for Taylor County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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 30, 2008, 6:01 AM EST (11:01 UTC)
Expired: Nov 30, 2008, 6:30 AM EST
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Taylor County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:00 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 30, 4:59 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 58 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: 306 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 486 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 0.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 301101
TORTAE
FLC123-301130-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0074.081130T1101Z-081130T1130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
601 AM EST SUN NOV 30 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 630 AM EST

* AT 555 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCANLON...OR 17 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF SAINT MARKS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ECONFINA AND SCANLON BY 610 AM EST...
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CABBAGE GROVE BY 615 AM EST...
  SECOTAN AND IDDO BY 625 AM EST...
  BOYD BY 630 AM EST...

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 NOON EST SUNDAY FOR PORTIONS 
OF NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3018 8344 3000 8386 3000 8387 3003 8391
      3003 8392 3005 8394 3005 8395 3008 8399
      3031 8379
TIME...MOT...LOC 1100Z 230DEG 43KT 3003 8395

$$

22-BARRY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 30, 6:24 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		21 min
Nov 30, 7:15 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Taylor	30 min
Nov 30, 7:17 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		118 min
Nov 30, 9:14 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dixie	46 min
Nov 30, 9:20 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		40 min
Nov 30, 3:45 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	TAE	Dixie, Taylor	13 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.