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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2011, 3:09 AM EDT for Gadsden County, Leon County, Liberty County, Florida. It was in force for 36 min. 2 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, 3:09 AM EDT (07:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2011, 3:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Gadsden County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:09 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, 3:30 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nw Tallahassee, FL | LARGE OAK TREE FELLED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH MERIDIAN AND BRADFORD ROADS. |
| Apr 5, 3:30 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nw Tallahassee, FL | LARGE OAK TREE FELLED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH MERIDIAN AND BRADFORD ROADS. |
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 |
| Apr 5, 2:41 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 21 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.
258 WFUS52 KTAE 050709 TORTAE FLC039-073-077-050745- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0023.110405T0709Z-110405T0745Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 309 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN GADSDEN COUNTY IN FLORIDA... WEST CENTRAL LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA... NORTHEASTERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN FLORIDA... * UNTIL 345 AM EDT * AT 304 AM EDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR LOWRY...OR 63 MILES EAST OF PANAMA CITY AIRPORT...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BLOXHAM...WETUMPKA...LAKE TALQUIN...FORT BRADEN...MIDWAY... GIBSON...TALLAHASSEE COML AIRPORT...TALLAHASSEE COMM COLLEGE... MISSION SAN LUIS...LAKE JACKSON...LEVY PARK...ORCHARD POND... TALLAHASSEE MALL...LAKE ELLA...MACON COMMUNITY PARK...WINTHROP PARK AND TALLAHASSEE MEMORIAL HOSP 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. 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. && LAT...LON 3061 8432 3045 8425 3034 8478 3045 8480 TIME...MOT...LOC 0709Z 256DEG 43KT 3042 8468 $$ 18-WOOL
The 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, 3:01 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 3:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gulf, Liberty, Wakulla | 51 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.