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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2011, 8:02 AM EDT for Gadsden County, Leon County, Florida. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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 28, 2011, 8:02 AM EDT (12:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2011, 8:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Gadsden County, FL, Leon County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 8:20 AM EDT | HAIL 1 | Midway, FL | QUARTER TO PING PONG SIZE HAIL REPORTED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 20 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
- 3422 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.0
- Supercell composite
- 14.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
381 WFUS52 KTAE 281202 TORTAE FLC039-073-281230- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0034.110428T1202Z-110428T1230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 802 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN GADSDEN COUNTY IN FLORIDA... WESTERN LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA... * UNTIL 830 AM EDT * AT 759 AM EDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR LAKE TALQUIN...OR NEAR BLOXHAM... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORT BRADEN AND MIDWAY 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. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. && LAT...LON 3055 8437 3039 8440 3039 8465 3044 8466 TIME...MOT...LOC 1202Z 257DEG 20KT 3042 8461 $$ 38-GODSEY
1 follow-up statement
927 WWUS52 KTAE 281218 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 818 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 FLC039-073-281230- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-110428T1230Z/ LEON FL-GADSDEN FL- 818 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN GADSDEN AND WESTERN LEON COUNTIES... AT 816 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FORT BRADEN... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MIDWAY PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. && LAT...LON 3039 8456 3048 8455 3055 8437 3039 8440 TIME...MOT...LOC 1217Z 257DEG 20KT 3043 8451 $$ 38-GODSEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 4:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 4:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 4:31 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 59 min | |
| Apr 28, 5:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 5:51 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 7:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 7:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 8:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 8:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon, Wakulla | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 8:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 9:16 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Leon, Wakulla | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 9:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 9:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Wakulla | 60 min |
| Apr 28, 10:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 10:21 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 54 min | |
| Apr 28, 10:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 10:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Taylor | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 11:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 60 min |
| Apr 28, 11:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 12:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 61 min |
| Apr 28, 12:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 21 min |
| Apr 28, 12:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 12:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lafayette | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 1:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lafayette | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 3:42 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 12 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.