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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2011, 3:01 AM EDT for Gadsden County, Florida. It was in force for 29 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2011, 3:01 AM EDT (07:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2011, 3:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Gadsden County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:04 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 3:06 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Quincy, FL | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Apr 5, 3:09 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Quincy Airport, FL | TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY |
| Apr 5, 3:15 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Quincy Airport, FL | 5-8 HOMES WITH MINOR MAJOR DAMAGE. NUMEROUS ROADS WERE BLOCKED BY TREES IN GADSDEN COUNTY. EXACT LOCATION IN THE COUNTY TBD BY SURVEY TEAM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 10:28 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 1916 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 521 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 9.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
397
WFUS52 KTAE 050701
TORTAE
FLC039-050730-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0022.110405T0701Z-110405T0730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
301 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL GADSDEN COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 330 AM EDT
* AT 258 AM EDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 7 MILES WEST OF QUINCY...OR 61 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF DOTHAN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WETUMPKA...GREENSBORO...SANTA CLARA...QUINCY AIRPORT...LITTMAN...
SHADY REST...FLORENCE...FREEMONT...MIDWAY...SCOTLAND...HAVANA AND
GIBSON.
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 3049 8477 3051 8477 3067 8474 3063 8431
3060 8433 3057 8438 3053 8439 3051 8441
3048 8440 3047 8442 3045 8446 3046 8450
3045 8450
TIME...MOT...LOC 0702Z 278DEG 37KT 3057 8464
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 11:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 61 min |
| Apr 5, 12:22 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 113 min | |
| Apr 5, 12:52 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 38 min |
| Apr 5, 12:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 1:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Liberty and 1 more | 47 min |
| Apr 5, 2:08 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Apr 5, 2:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson and 3 more | 47 min |
| Apr 5, 2:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 2:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 46 min |
| Apr 5, 3:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gulf, Liberty, Wakulla | 51 min |
| Apr 5, 3:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon, Liberty | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 3:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty and 3 more | 55 min |
| Apr 5, 3:33 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 16 min |
| Apr 5, 4:09 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 81 min | |
| Apr 5, 4:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla | 49 min |
| Apr 5, 4:33 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Madison | 27 min |
| Apr 5, 4:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor | 66 min |
| Apr 5, 5:23 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 52 min | |
| Apr 5, 5:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dixie | 38 min |
| Apr 5, 3:40 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Leon, Wakulla | 28 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.