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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2011, 4:33 AM EDT for Madison County, Florida. It was in force for 27 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, 4:33 AM EDT (08:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2011, 5:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Madison County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 4:40 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Madison, FL | COUNTYWIDE...MULTIPLE TREES DOWN |
| Apr 5, 4:45 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Pinetta, FL | TREE DAMAGE NE PERSIMMON DRIVE IN PINETTA FL. |
| Apr 5, 4:52 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Madison Co Airport, FL | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN HIGHWAY 255 SOUTH OF LEE COUNTY |
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 5, 2:41 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 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
- 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.
755
WFUS52 KTAE 050833
TORTAE
FLC079-050900-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0026.110405T0833Z-110405T0900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
433 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MADISON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 500 AM EDT
* AT 429 AM EDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MADISON...OR 27
MILES WEST OF SUWANNEE RIVER STATION...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HOPEWELL...HANSON...PINETTA AND LEE.
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 3033 8320 3031 8364 3045 8369 3064 8330
3062 8326 3051 8323 3048 8323 3047 8322
3043 8322 3042 8319 3039 8317
TIME...MOT...LOC 0833Z 262DEG 52KT 3039 8354
$$
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, 3:01 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, 3:09 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, 4:54 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.