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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 14, 2014Leon County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 14, 2014, 10:07 AM EDT for Leon County, Florida. It was in force for 23 min. 1 report 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 14, 2014, 10:07 AM EDT (14:07 UTC)
Expired: Oct 14, 2014, 10:30 AM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Leon County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:08 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 14, 10:15 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Nw Woodville, FL	RETIRED NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED 4 TO 5 TREES DOWN ACROSS MUNSON TRAILS NEAR WOODVILLE HIGHWAY. TIME ESTIMATED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 14, 4:27 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 3 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: 502 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 601 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 217 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 276 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 3.8

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The text

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

546 
WFUS52 KTAE 141407
TORTAE
FLC073-141430-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0027.141014T1407Z-141014T1430Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1007 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TALLAHASSEE...

* UNTIL 1030 AM EDT

* AT 1005 AM EDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TALLAHASSEE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LEON
  COUNTY CIVIC CENTER AND STATE CAPITAL COMPLEX

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 3031 8441 3048 8432 3047 8418 3030 8428
TIME...MOT...LOC 1407Z 210DEG 23KT 3035 8433

$$

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1 follow-up statement

434 
WWUS52 KTAE 141425
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1025 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

FLC073-141436-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-141014T1430Z/
LEON FL-
1025 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LEON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1030 AM
EDT...

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3... OR YOU MAY CONTACT LAW
ENFORCEMENT.

LAT...LON 3031 8441 3048 8432 3047 8418 3030 8428
TIME...MOT...LOC 1426Z 210DEG 23KT 3046 8426

$$

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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, 8:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Franklin, Liberty	33 min
Oct 13, 8:41 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		34 min
Oct 13, 9:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Oct 13, 9:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Franklin, Liberty	25 min
Oct 13, 10:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Franklin, Liberty	34 min
Oct 13, 10:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Liberty	30 min
Oct 13, 11:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		63 min
Oct 14, 1:24 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		36 min
Oct 14, 2:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Walton	31 min
Oct 14, 2:19 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		101 min
Oct 14, 2:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton	49 min
Oct 14, 2:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Walton, Washington	48 min
Oct 14, 3:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay	27 min
Oct 14, 3:21 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington	3 hr
Oct 14, 3:45 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington	30 min
Oct 14, 3:54 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Oct 14, 4:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Franklin, Gulf	42 min
Oct 14, 4:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Franklin, Gulf, Liberty	41 min
Oct 14, 4:55 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Oct 14, 6:05 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		115 min
Oct 14, 6:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Walton	46 min
Oct 14, 6:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Wakulla	23 min
Oct 14, 7:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington	55 min
Oct 14, 8:15 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Oct 14, 8:29 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Franklin	31 min
Oct 14, 8:57 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Franklin, Liberty, Wakulla	13 min
Oct 14, 9:26 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Gadsden, Leon	3 hr
Oct 14, 9:47 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Leon	3 hr
Oct 14, 10:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Franklin, Gulf, Liberty, Wakulla	40 min
Oct 14, 10:17 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		118 min
Oct 14, 10:44 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Franklin, Liberty, Wakulla	46 min
Oct 14, 11:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Franklin, Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla	39 min
Oct 14, 11:44 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla	61 min
Oct 14, 12:02 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		118 min
Oct 14, 12:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor	56 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.