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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2009, 5:28 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Jackson County, Liberty County, Florida. It was in force for 47 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
- Mar 31, 2009, 5:28 PM CDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2009, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Calhoun County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Liberty County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2169 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTAE 312228 TORTAE FLC013-063-077-312315- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0052.090331T2228Z-090331T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 528 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY IN FLORIDA... NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... * UNTIL 615 PM CDT/715 PM EDT/ * AT 524 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLIS...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF MARIANNA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WILLIS AND CHASON BY 535 PM CDT... SINK CREEK AND ROCK CREEK BY 540 PM CDT... COX...ALLIANCE AND ALTHA BY 545 PM CDT... HENDERSON MILL BY 550 PM CDT... MACEDONIA BY 555 PM CDT... OCHEESEE BY 600 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. 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING/900 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING/ FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3071 8494 3050 8496 3053 8534 3065 8536 TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 268DEG 30KT 3059 8526 $$ 85-GIBBS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 7:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 6 days |
| Mar 31, 7:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Walton | 6 days |
| Mar 31, 10:55 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 36 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 64 min |
| Mar 31, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 4:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 117 min |
| Mar 31, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Holmes, Walton, Washington | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 5:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon, Liberty | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 6:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Madison, Taylor | 41 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.