Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 45, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2011, 5:28 PM EDT for Wakulla County, Florida. It was in force for 32 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
- Oct 18, 2011, 5:28 PM EDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wakulla County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 5:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 47 | 3 Ssw Wakulla Beach, FL | COMPS AUTOMATED GAGE AT SHELL POINT MEASURED 47 MPH GUST. |
| Oct 18, 5:43 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nw Wakulla Beach, FL | A FEW TREES DOWN NORTH OF SHELL POINT. |
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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 415 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
274
WFUS52 KTAE 182128
TORTAE
FLC129-182200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0045.111018T2128Z-111018T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
528 PM EDT TUE OCT 18 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 525 PM EDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAINT MARKS...OR
NEAR PANACEA-WAKULLA AIRPORT...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHELL
POINT...LIVEOAK ISLAND...SPRING CREEK...WAKULLA BEACH...PORT
LEON...HYDE PARK AND PLUM ORCHARD.
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 2998 8444 3018 8432 3016 8408 3008 8408
3008 8413 3006 8416 3008 8419 3007 8426
3005 8427 3005 8430 3000 8435 2998 8433
2996 8434
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 201DEG 22KT 3002 8434
$$
38-GODSEY1 follow-up statement
620
WWUS52 KTAE 182141
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
541 PM EDT TUE OCT 18 2011
FLC129-182200-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-111018T2200Z/
WAKULLA FL-
541 PM EDT TUE OCT 18 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN WAKULLA COUNTY...
AT 537 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SHELL POINT...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAKULLA
BEACH...PORT LEON...AND SAINT MARKS
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3003 8441 3018 8432 3016 8408 3008 8408
3008 8413 3006 8416 3008 8419 3007 8426
3005 8427 3005 8430 3001 8434
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 203DEG 21KT 3008 8431
$$
38-GODSEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2:51 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton | 26 hr |
| Oct 18, 4:58 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 24 hr |
| Oct 18, 2:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Franklin | 2 hr |
| Oct 18, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Oct 18, 4:26 PM EDT | Gale Warning | TAE | 23 hr | |
| Oct 18, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin | 36 min |
| Oct 18, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Oct 18, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 43 min |
| Oct 18, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 43 min |
| Oct 18, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 63 min | |
| Oct 18, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.