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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 30, 2013Calhoun County, Gulf County, Liberty County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 30, 2013, 4:48 PM CST for Calhoun County, Gulf County, Liberty 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
Jan 30, 2013, 4:48 PM CST (22:48 UTC)
Expired
Jan 30, 2013, 5:15 PM CST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Calhoun County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Liberty County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 30, 4:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2013-01-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 40 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2013-01-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 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
40 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
210 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.

321 
WFUS52 KTAE 302248
TORTAE
FLC013-045-077-302315-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0003.130130T2248Z-130130T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
548 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  GULF COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 615 PM EST/515 PM CST/

* AT 546 PM EST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 6 MILES NORTH OF PORT ST. JOE...OR NEAR
  SAINT JOE BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITE
  CITY...DALKEITH...HONEYVILLE...WEWAHITCHKA...WILLIS LANDING...
  CHIPOLA CUTOFF...SUMATRA...KERN...RED HILL...LEWIS...ORANGE...
  WILMA...CENTRAL CITY...TWIN POLE...NIXON GARDEN...JENSEN PLACE AND
  VILAS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 2985 8535 2990 8537 2992 8540 2993 8539
      2997 8539 3032 8499 3012 8475 3001 8494
      3001 8500 2998 8502 2996 8502 2979 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 233DEG 55KT 2992 8527

$$

42-DVD
1 follow-up statement
653 
WWUS52 KTAE 302305
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
605 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

FLC013-045-302315-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130130T2315Z/
CALHOUN FL-GULF FL-
505 PM CST WED JAN 30 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GULF AND SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTIES IN
THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY
MORNING/100 AM EST THURSDAY MORNING/ FOR CENTRAL FLORIDA AND
SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 2999 8504 3004 8513 3008 8513 3009 8515
      3012 8513 3012 8515 3014 8513 3017 8514
      3031 8498 3012 8475 3001 8494 3001 8500
      2997 8502
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 233DEG 55KT 3007 8503

$$

FLC077-302315-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130130T2315Z/
LIBERTY FL-
605 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN
LIBERTY COUNTY...

AT 604 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SUMATRA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KERN...
RED HILL...LEWIS...ORANGE...WILMA...CENTRAL CITY...TWIN POLE...NIXON
GARDEN...JENSEN PLACE AND VILAS

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

&&

LAT...LON 2999 8504 3004 8513 3008 8513 3009 8515
      3012 8513 3012 8515 3014 8513 3017 8514
      3031 8498 3012 8475 3001 8494 3001 8500
      2997 8502
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 233DEG 55KT 3007 8503

$$

08-LAMERS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 30, 1:42 AM CSTRip Current StatementTAEBay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton28 hr
Jan 30, 3:11 AM CSTGale WarningTAE18 hr
Jan 30, 3:11 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE33 hr
Jan 30, 3:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Holmes, Walton, Washington45 min
Jan 30, 3:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Washington51 min
Jan 30, 4:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Liberty54 min
Jan 30, 4:37 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE53 min
Jan 30, 4:54 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEGadsden, Jackson36 min
Jan 30, 5:06 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE54 min
Jan 30, 5:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Gadsden, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla62 min

Nearby

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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.