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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 13, 2014Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2014, 7:59 PM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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, 7:59 PM EDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2014, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Franklin County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 13, 8:29 PM EDT	TORNADO 0	4 Nne Hays Place, FL	TORNADIC DEBRIS SIGNATURE SEEN ON DUAL POL RADAR FROM TLH AT THIS LOCATION. THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE FOREST WITH NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED. RATED EF0.
Oct 13, 8:29 PM EDT	TORNADO	4 Nne Hays Place, FL	TORNADIC DEBRIS SIGNATURE SEEN ON DUAL POL RADAR FROM 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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 92 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

782 
WFUS52 KTAE 132359
TORTAE
FLC037-140030-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0020.141013T2359Z-141014T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 758 PM EDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR CREELS...OR NEAR APALACHICOLA...
  MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HAYS
  PLACE...BEVERLY...BUCK SIDING AND FORT GADSDEN

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 2972 8498 2995 8499 2993 8480 2972 8490
      2973 8492 2978 8489 2978 8491 2973 8496
      2973 8495 2972 8496
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 190DEG 25KT 2976 8494

$$

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1 follow-up statement

490 
WWUS52 KTAE 140015
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
815 PM EDT MON OCT 13 2014

FLC037-140030-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-141014T0030Z/
FRANKLIN FL-
815 PM EDT MON OCT 13 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
FRANKLIN COUNTY...

AT 814 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CREELS...OR NEAR
EASTPOINT...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HAYS
PLACE...BEVERLY...BUCK SIDING AND FORT GADSDEN

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 2980 8498 2995 8499 2993 8480 2977 8487
      2978 8489 2978 8491
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 190DEG 25KT 2982 8492

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 13, 2:47 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	TAE		13 hr
Oct 13, 2:52 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton	49 hr
Oct 13, 10:00 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		60 min
Oct 13, 10:07 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		53 min
Oct 13, 10:51 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		54 min
Oct 13, 11:06 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		54 min
Oct 13, 11:39 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		66 min
Oct 13, 12:09 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		66 min
Oct 13, 12:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Walton	35 min
Oct 13, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		119 min
Oct 13, 3:41 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Oct 13, 3:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more	22 hr
Oct 13, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Oct 13, 4:15 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	TAE		25 hr
Oct 13, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Gulf, Jackson	43 min
Oct 13, 5:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Calhoun	22 min
Oct 13, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Walton	16 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.