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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 4:21 PM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 3 Wnw Scotts Ferry, FL | TORNADIC 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 CDT | TORNADO | 3 Wnw Scotts Ferry, FL | TORNADIC 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 1:47 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 13 hr | |
| Oct 13, 1:52 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton | 49 hr |
| Oct 13, 9:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 60 min | |
| Oct 13, 9:07 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 53 min | |
| Oct 13, 9:51 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 54 min | |
| Oct 13, 10:06 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 54 min | |
| Oct 13, 10:39 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 66 min | |
| Oct 13, 11:09 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 66 min | |
| Oct 13, 11:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 35 min |
| Oct 13, 1:16 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 119 min | |
| Oct 13, 2:41 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Oct 13, 2:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more | 22 hr |
| Oct 13, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Oct 13, 3:15 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 25 hr | |
| Oct 13, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gulf, Jackson | 43 min |
| Oct 13, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 16 min |
| Oct 13, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin | 31 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.