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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 4, 2011, 5:03 PM EDT for Taylor County, Florida. It was in force for 27 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
- Sep 4, 2011, 5:03 PM EDT (21:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 4, 2011, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Taylor County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 12:41 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 1223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
971
WFUS52 KTAE 042103
TORTAE
FLC123-042130-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0041.110904T2103Z-110904T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
503 PM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL TAYLOR COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 459 PM EDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 7 MILES SOUTH OF BUCKHORN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SCANLON...ECONFINA...RIVERSIDE AND CABBAGE GROVE
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 3002 8393 3008 8400 3011 8398 3019 8395
3020 8392 3025 8392 3019 8372 3000 8386
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 211DEG 20KT 3006 8395
$$
42-DVD1 follow-up statement
909
WWUS52 KTAE 042125
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
525 PM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011
FLC123-042135-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-110904T2130Z/
TAYLOR FL-
525 PM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL TAYLOR COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
530 PM EDT...
ROTATION WITH THE STORM HAS WEAKENED.
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND PARTS OF NORTHERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN
GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3002 8393 3008 8400 3011 8398 3019 8395
3020 8392 3025 8392 3019 8372 3000 8386
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 211DEG 20KT 3016 8388
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 10:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 58 min | |
| Sep 4, 4:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 5 more | 35 hr |
| Sep 4, 6:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 49 min |
| Sep 4, 6:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 30 min |
| Sep 4, 9:13 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 32 min | |
| Sep 4, 9:40 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 50 min | |
| Sep 4, 10:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 31 min |
| Sep 4, 11:20 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Washington | 40 min |
| Sep 4, 12:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Washington | 25 min |
| Sep 4, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 38 min | |
| Sep 4, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 23 min |
| Sep 4, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 47 min | |
| Sep 4, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin | 48 min |
| Sep 4, 3:32 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | TAE | Bay, Dixie, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Taylor and 2 more | 25 hr |
| Sep 4, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden, Leon, Wakulla | 39 min |
| Sep 4, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 47 min | |
| Sep 4, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 48 min |
| Sep 4, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 41 min | |
| Sep 4, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 61 min | |
| Sep 4, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 44 min | |
| Sep 4, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 47 min | |
| Sep 4, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 44 min | |
| Sep 4, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 61 min | |
| Sep 4, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 27 min |
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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.