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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 26, 2013Gulf County, Liberty County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 26, 2013, 8:46 AM CST for Gulf County, Liberty County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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
Nov 26, 2013, 8:46 AM CST (14:46 UTC)
Expired
Nov 26, 2013, 9:15 AM CST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Gulf County, FL, Liberty County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 26, 9:00 AM CSTTORNADO 13 S Stonemill Creek, FLTORNADO RATED EF1 WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 94 MPH AND A PATH LENGTH OF 2.9 MILES. PRIMARILY TREE DAMAGE WITH SOME DAMAGE TO OUTBUILDINGS.
Nov 26, 9:00 AM CSTTORNADO3 S Stonemill Creek, FLPOSSIBLE TORNADO, TREES UPROOTED, FENCE IS GONE AND DAMAGE TO BACK PORCH
Nov 26, 9:19 AM CSTTORNADORed Hill, FLREPORT OF A TOUCHDOWN/TREES DOWN NEAR RED HILL. EITHER CONTINUATION OF GULF COUNTY TORNADO OR NEW TOUCHDOWN FROM SAME SUPERCELL.

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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 89 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2013-11-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2013-11-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 315 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
315 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
386 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

750 
WFUS52 KTAE 261446
TORTAE
FLC045-077-261515-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0021.131126T1446Z-131126T1515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
846 AM CST TUE NOV 26 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  NORTHERN GULF COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 915 AM CST/1015 AM EST/

* AT 844 AM CST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR OVERSTREET...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
  MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  DALKEITH...HONEYVILLE...WEWAHITCHKA...CHIPOLA CUTOFF...RED HILL...
  WILMA...LEWIS AND KERN

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR SAFER STRUCTURES.
GET TO THE LOWEST FLOOR AND PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE
TORNADO AS POSSIBLE.

&&

LAT...LON 2998 8540 2999 8539 3020 8517 3020 8512
      3022 8511 3021 8510 3023 8508 3025 8508
      3025 8506 3008 8488 2987 8529
TIME...MOT...LOC 1446Z 228DEG 30KT 2998 8528

$$

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1 follow-up statement
031 
WWUS52 KTAE 261455
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
955 AM EST TUE NOV 26 2013

FLC045-077-261515-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-131126T1515Z/
GULF FL-LIBERTY FL-
955 AM EST TUE NOV 26 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM EST/915 AM CST/
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LIBERTY AND NORTHERN GULF COUNTIES...

AT 853 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HONEYVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WEWAHITCHKA...CHIPOLA CUTOFF...RED HILL...WILMA...LEWIS AND KERN

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR SAFER STRUCTURES.
GET TO THE LOWEST FLOOR AND PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE
TORNADO AS POSSIBLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3005 8533 3020 8517 3020 8512 3022 8511
      3021 8510 3022 8509 3025 8506 3008 8488
      2997 8519
TIME...MOT...LOC 1456Z 227DEG 31KT 3005 8520

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 25, 8:50 PM CSTGale WarningTAE18 hr
Nov 25, 8:50 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE55 hr
Nov 25, 9:02 PM CSTRip Current StatementTAEBay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton23 hr
Nov 25, 9:02 PM CSTHigh Surf AdvisoryTAEBay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton23 hr
Nov 26, 4:55 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE65 min
Nov 26, 5:59 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE61 min
Nov 26, 6:48 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE57 min
Nov 26, 6:56 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE94 min
Nov 26, 7:40 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE95 min
Nov 26, 7:43 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Nov 26, 8:29 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE31 min
Nov 26, 8:42 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE93 min
Nov 26, 9:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Wakulla39 min
Nov 26, 9:12 AM CSTTornado WarningTAECalhoun, Gulf, Liberty33 min
Nov 26, 9:15 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEFranklin, Liberty30 min
Nov 26, 9:21 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE114 min
Nov 26, 9:43 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEBay, Calhoun32 min
Nov 26, 10:13 AM CSTTornado WarningTAECalhoun32 min
Nov 26, 10:24 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE66 min
Nov 26, 10:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELeon, Wakulla47 min
Nov 26, 11:07 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE113 min
Nov 26, 12:51 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE114 min
Nov 26, 2:16 PM CSTFreeze WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more11 hr
Nov 26, 2:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELeon32 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.