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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2011, 9:16 AM EDT for Leon County, Wakulla County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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
- Apr 28, 2011, 9:16 AM EDT (13:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2011, 9:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Leon County, FL, Wakulla County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 11 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.
792 WFUS52 KTAE 281316 TORTAE FLC073-129-281345- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0035.110428T1316Z-110428T1345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 916 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA... NORTHEASTERN WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA... * UNTIL 945 AM EDT * AT 912 AM EDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR LEON SINKS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE MUNSON...LUTTERLOH...WOODVILLE...AND NATURAL BRIDGE 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 3026 8438 3036 8438 3042 8408 3023 8408 TIME...MOT...LOC 1315Z 266DEG 23KT 3031 8432 $$ 38-GODSEY
1 follow-up statement
426 WWUS52 KTAE 281335 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 935 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 FLC073-129-281345- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-110428T1345Z/ LEON FL-WAKULLA FL- 935 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN WAKULLA AND SOUTHERN LEON COUNTIES... AT 929 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NATURAL BRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. && LAT...LON 3025 8431 3039 8424 3042 8408 3023 8408 TIME...MOT...LOC 1335Z 266DEG 23KT 3031 8420 $$ 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, 8:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 28 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, 9:30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.