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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 4:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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
$$
42-DVD1 follow-up statement
653
WWUS52 KTAE 302305
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
605 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
FLC013-045-302315-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130130T2315Z/
CALHOUN FL-GULF FL-
505 PM CST WED JAN 30 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GULF AND SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTIES IN
THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY
MORNING/100 AM EST THURSDAY MORNING/ FOR CENTRAL FLORIDA AND
SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 2999 8504 3004 8513 3008 8513 3009 8515
3012 8513 3012 8515 3014 8513 3017 8514
3031 8498 3012 8475 3001 8494 3001 8500
2997 8502
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 233DEG 55KT 3007 8503
$$
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-LAMERSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 1:42 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton | 28 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:11 AM CST | Gale Warning | TAE | 18 hr | |
| Jan 30, 3:11 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 33 hr | |
| Jan 30, 3:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Holmes, Walton, Washington | 45 min |
| Jan 30, 3:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 51 min |
| Jan 30, 4:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Liberty | 54 min |
| Jan 30, 4:37 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 53 min | |
| Jan 30, 4:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jackson | 36 min |
| Jan 30, 5:06 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 54 min | |
| Jan 30, 5:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gadsden, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 62 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.