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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 21, 2010Holmes County, Walton County, Washington County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 21, 2010, 4:49 AM CST for Holmes County, Walton County, Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 21 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: Jan 21, 2010, 4:49 AM CST (10:49 UTC)
Expired: Jan 21, 2010, 5:10 AM CST
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Holmes County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:49 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 21, 2:09 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 59 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 626 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 190 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

606 
WFUS52 KTAE 211049
TORTAE
FLC059-131-133-211130-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0002.100121T1049Z-100121T1130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
449 AM CST THU JAN 21 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN HOLMES COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  CENTRAL AND EASTERN WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...
  NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 530 AM CST

* AT 444 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DE FUNIAK SPRINGS BY 455 AM CST...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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 900 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 3099 8592 3067 8571 3059 8619 3074 8629
TIME...MOT...LOC 1048Z 238DEG 38KT 3070 8618

$$

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1 follow-up statement

649 
WWUS52 KTAE 211110
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
510 AM CST THU JAN 21 2010

FLC059-131-133-211119-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100121T1130Z/
WASHINGTON FL-HOLMES FL-WALTON FL-
510 AM CST THU JAN 21 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN AND CENTRAL WALTON...WESTERN
HOLMES AND NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE STRONG
ROTATION WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS
WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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 900 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING 
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 3099 8592 3067 8571 3059 8619 3074 8629
TIME...MOT...LOC 1109Z 238DEG 38KT 3082 8596

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 20, 8:50 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		55 min
Jan 20, 9:19 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Holmes, Washington	27 days
Jan 20, 9:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay	50 min
Jan 20, 10:07 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty	31 days
Jan 20, 10:09 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		36 min
Jan 21, 1:23 AM CST	Flood Watch	TAE	Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington	10 hr
Jan 21, 3:40 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	TAE	Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington	3 hr
Jan 21, 4:13 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Jackson	23 min
Jan 21, 5:52 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Walton	31 days
Jan 21, 6:41 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington	2 hr
Jan 21, 6:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Jackson	47 min
Jan 21, 6:49 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		56 min
Jan 21, 7:05 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Liberty	25 min
Jan 21, 7:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Gadsden, Liberty	44 min
Jan 21, 7:20 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Wakulla	25 min
Jan 21, 7:31 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla	44 min
Jan 21, 7:34 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Gadsden	41 min
Jan 21, 7:45 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Jan 21, 7:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Gadsden, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla	47 min
Jan 21, 8:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Gulf	40 min
Jan 21, 8:07 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Gadsden, Leon	23 min
Jan 21, 8:33 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Wakulla	12 days
Jan 21, 8:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Liberty	26 min
Jan 21, 8:51 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Gadsden, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla	114 min
Jan 21, 8:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Madison	21 min
Jan 21, 9:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Leon, Liberty, Wakulla	30 min
Jan 21, 9:14 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Wakulla	31 min
Jan 21, 9:49 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		86 min
Jan 21, 9:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Taylor	48 min
Jan 21, 10:47 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lafayette, Taylor	43 min
Jan 21, 11:18 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		57 min
Jan 21, 11:22 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Franklin, Wakulla	53 min
Jan 21, 11:35 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Lafayette, Taylor	55 min
Jan 21, 12:28 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Jan 21, 12:29 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Lafayette, Taylor	61 min
Jan 21, 1:34 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor	86 min
Jan 21, 3:38 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Gadsden, Leon	8 days
Jan 21, 5:33 PM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	TAE		17 hr
Jan 21, 5:40 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	TAE	Bay, Dixie, Franklin, Gulf, Taylor, Wakulla and 1 more	9 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.