Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2011, 1:39 PM EDT for Taylor County, Florida. It was in force for 51 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 30, 2011, 1:39 PM EDT (17:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2011, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Taylor County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:43 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 30, 11:10 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 528 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 448 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 324 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 369 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
859
WFUS52 KTAE 301739
TORTAE
FLC123-301830-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0016.110330T1739Z-110330T1830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
139 PM EDT WED MAR 30 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 230 PM EDT
* AT 137 PM EDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 39 MILES NORTHWEST OF STEINHATCHEE...OR 60
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUWANNEE RIVER STATION...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ADAMS
BEACH...DEKLE BEACH...JUG ISLAND...JACK LEE ISLAND...KEATON
BEACH...HAMPTON SPRINGS...CEDAR ISLAND...BIRD ISLAND...FISH
CREEK...BLUE SPRINGS...HOWELL PLACE...PERRY-FOLEY AIRPORT...BUCELL
JUNCTION...PINLAND...FOLEY...ATHENA...CLARA...TENNILLE...SMITH...
SALEM...FENHOLLOWAY AND CARBUR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR SAFER STRUCTURES.
MOVE TO A HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND
OUTSIDE WALLS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
LAT...LON 2970 8348 2972 8355 2990 8367 2997 8379
2996 8384 2999 8384 3005 8395 3015 8337
2989 8337 2988 8336 2983 8336 2982 8332
2979 8332 2967 8336 2967 8345
TIME...MOT...LOC 1739Z 258DEG 30KT 2991 8396
$$
42-DVD1 follow-up statement
174
WWUS52 KTAE 301804
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
204 PM EDT WED MAR 30 2011
FLC123-301830-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-110330T1830Z/
TAYLOR FL-
204 PM EDT WED MAR 30 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
TAYLOR COUNTY...
AT 200 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ADAMS BEACH...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. RADAR ALSO SHOWED ANOTHER
DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR BIRD ISLAND ALSO MOVING EAST AROUND 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DEKLE
BEACH...JUG ISLAND...JACK LEE ISLAND...KEATON BEACH...CEDAR ISLAND...
BIRD ISLAND...FISH CREEK...BLUE SPRINGS...HOWELL PLACE...PERRY-FOLEY
AIRPORT...BUCELL JUNCTION...PINLAND...FOLEY...ATHENA...FENHOLLOWAY...
STEINHATCHEE...CLARA...TENNILLE...SMITH...SALEM AND CARBUR
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING.
&&
LAT...LON 2970 8348 2972 8355 2989 8366 2997 8379
2996 8384 2999 8384 3002 8389 3015 8337
2987 8337 2983 8336 2982 8332 2967 8336
2967 8345
TIME...MOT...LOC 1803Z 258DEG 30KT 2995 8371
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 3:47 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 43 min | |
| Mar 30, 3:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 39 min |
| Mar 30, 4:42 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton | 14 hr |
| Mar 30, 7:49 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 56 min | |
| Mar 30, 8:41 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 64 min | |
| Mar 30, 9:45 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 60 min | |
| Mar 30, 10:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun | 59 min |
| Mar 30, 10:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 49 min |
| Mar 30, 10:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf | 62 min |
| Mar 30, 10:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Mar 30, 12:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 107 min | |
| Mar 30, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 51 min |
| Mar 30, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 43 min |
| Mar 30, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 33 min |
| Mar 30, 3:29 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 23 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.