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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 13, 2014Calhoun County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2014, 4:14 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Florida. It was in force for 22 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 13, 2014, 4:14 PM CDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired
Oct 13, 2014, 4:36 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Calhoun County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Oct 13, 4:21 PM CDTTORNADO 03 Wnw Scotts Ferry, FLTORNADIC DEBRIS SIGNATURE SEEN ON DUAL POL RADAR FROM BOTH EVX AND TLH AT THIS LOCATION. TORNADO RATED EF0 BASED ON PICTURES OF TREE DAMAGE. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED.
Oct 13, 4:21 PM CDTTORNADO3 Wnw Scotts Ferry, FLTORNADIC DEBRIS SIGNATURE SEEN ON DUAL POL RADAR FROM BOTH EVX AND TLH AT THIS LOCATION

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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 2014-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 2014-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-173 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1083 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

373 
WFUS52 KTAE 132114
TORTAE
FLC013-132145-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0019.141013T2114Z-141013T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
414 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 413 PM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR CHIPOLA PARK...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF BLOUNTSTOWN...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  FRINK...ABE SPRINGS...RED OAK AND CLARKSVILLE

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 3049 8529 3048 8508 3022 8516 3022 8524
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 183DEG 14KT 3027 8520

$$

11-MOORE
2 follow-up statements
804 
WWUS52 KTAE 132127
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
427 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

FLC013-132145-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-141013T2145Z/
CALHOUN FL-
427 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
CALHOUN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...

AT 424 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FRINK...OR 13
MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOUNTSTOWN...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ABE
SPRINGS...RED OAK AND CLARKSVILLE

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 3049 8529 3048 8508 3028 8517 3029 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 183DEG 14KT 3032 8520

$$

11-MOORE
456 
WWUS52 KTAE 132136
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
436 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

FLC013-132146-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-141013T2145Z/
CALHOUN FL-
436 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF
FLORIDA IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3049 8529 3048 8508 3028 8517 3029 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 183DEG 14KT 3036 8519

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 13, 1:47 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE13 hr
Oct 13, 1:52 AM CDTRip Current StatementTAEBay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton49 hr
Oct 13, 9:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE60 min
Oct 13, 9:07 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE53 min
Oct 13, 9:51 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE54 min
Oct 13, 10:06 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE54 min
Oct 13, 10:39 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE66 min
Oct 13, 11:09 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE66 min
Oct 13, 11:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton35 min
Oct 13, 1:16 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE119 min
Oct 13, 2:41 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Oct 13, 2:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more22 hr
Oct 13, 3:14 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Oct 13, 3:15 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE25 hr
Oct 13, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Gulf, Jackson43 min
Oct 13, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton16 min
Oct 13, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEFranklin31 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.