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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 13, 2014Franklin County, Liberty County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2014, 10:26 PM EDT for Franklin County, Liberty County, Florida. It was in force for 34 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
Oct 13, 2014, 10:26 PM EDT (02:26 UTC)
Expired
Oct 13, 2014, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Franklin County, FL, Liberty County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 00:00Z on 2014-10-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 87 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2014-10-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
87 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1247 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 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.

350 
WFUS52 KTAE 140226
TORTAE
FLC037-077-140300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0023.141014T0226Z-141014T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1026 PM EDT MON OCT 13 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY IN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 1022 PM EDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE     
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR OWENS BRIDGE...MOVING NORTH AT 30    
  MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TWIN
  POLE...WILMA...CENTRAL CITY...NIXON GARDEN...JENSEN PLACE...VILAS
  AND LIBERTY

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 3028 8500 3028 8473 2995 8488 2995 8497
TIME...MOT...LOC 0226Z 197DEG 26KT 3003 8491

$$

15-HARRIGAN
1 follow-up statement
132 
WWUS52 KTAE 140239
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1039 PM EDT MON OCT 13 2014

FLC037-140249-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-141014T0300Z/
FRANKLIN FL-
1039 PM EDT MON OCT 13 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3028 8498 3028 8473 3001 8487 3001 8488
      3001 8494
TIME...MOT...LOC 0239Z 196DEG 19KT 3006 8489

$$

FLC077-140300-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-141014T0300Z/
LIBERTY FL-
1039 PM EDT MON OCT 13 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
LIBERTY COUNTY...

AT 1036 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TWIN 
POLE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CENTRAL
CITY...NIXON GARDEN...JENSEN PLACE AND VILAS

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 3028 8498 3028 8473 3001 8487 3001 8488
      3001 8494
TIME...MOT...LOC 0239Z 196DEG 19KT 3006 8489

$$

15-HARRIGAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 13, 8:27 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEFranklin, Liberty33 min
Oct 13, 8:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE34 min
Oct 13, 9:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Oct 13, 9:53 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEFranklin, Liberty25 min
Oct 13, 10:57 PM EDTTornado WarningTAELiberty30 min
Oct 13, 11:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE63 min
Oct 14, 1:24 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE36 min
Oct 14, 2:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton31 min
Oct 14, 2:19 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE101 min
Oct 14, 2:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton49 min
Oct 14, 2:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Walton, Washington48 min
Oct 14, 3:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay27 min
Oct 14, 3:21 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington3 hr
Oct 14, 3:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington30 min
Oct 14, 3:54 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Oct 14, 4:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Gulf42 min
Oct 14, 4:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Gulf, Liberty41 min
Oct 14, 4:55 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Oct 14, 6:05 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE115 min
Oct 14, 6:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton46 min
Oct 14, 6:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Wakulla23 min
Oct 14, 7:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington55 min
Oct 14, 8:15 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Oct 14, 8:29 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEFranklin31 min
Oct 14, 8:57 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEFranklin, Liberty, Wakulla13 min
Oct 14, 9:26 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEGadsden, Leon3 hr
Oct 14, 9:47 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAELeon3 hr
Oct 14, 10:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Gulf, Liberty, Wakulla40 min
Oct 14, 10:07 AM EDTTornado WarningTAELeon23 min
Oct 14, 10:17 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE118 min
Oct 14, 10:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Liberty, Wakulla46 min
Oct 14, 11:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla39 min
Oct 14, 11:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla61 min
Oct 14, 12:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE118 min
Oct 14, 12:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor56 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.