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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2014, 2:46 AM CST for Bay County, Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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
- Nov 17, 2014, 2:46 AM CST (08:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2014, 3:15 AM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bay County, FL, Washington County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:45 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 2:51 AM CST | TORNADO | 1 S Laird, FL | TORNADO DEBRIS SIGNATURE DETECTED VIA DUAL-POL RADAR. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 1:32 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
076
WFUS52 KTAE 170846
TORTAE
FLC005-133-170915-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0030.141117T0846Z-141117T0915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
246 AM CST MON NOV 17 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL BAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 315 AM CST
* AT 245 AM CST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR LAGUNA BEACH...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST
OF PANAMA CITY BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LAIRD...WEST BAY AND CRYSTAL LAKE
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 3051 8581 3042 8559 3028 8580 3028 8583
3025 8584 3022 8588 3027 8599 3028 8599
TIME...MOT...LOC 0847Z 226DEG 28KT 3028 8595
$$
42-DVD1 follow-up statement
327
WWUS52 KTAE 170859
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
259 AM CST MON NOV 17 2014
FLC005-133-170915-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-141117T0915Z/
WASHINGTON FL-BAY FL-
259 AM CST MON NOV 17 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CST FOR CENTRAL
BAY AND SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 254 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONFIRMED A
TORNADO WITH DEBRIS IN THE AIR. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
LAIRD...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF PANAMA CITY BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CRYSTAL
LAKE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR SAFER STRUCTURES.
GET TO THE LOWEST FLOOR AND PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE
TORNADO AS POSSIBLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3028 8583 3032 8594 3051 8581 3042 8559
3028 8580
TIME...MOT...LOC 0859Z 226DEG 28KT 3034 8585
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 1:26 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 64 min | |
| Nov 17, 1:28 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 92 min | |
| Nov 17, 2:07 AM CST | Freeze Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Walton and 1 more | 31 hr |
| Nov 17, 2:07 AM CST | Hard Freeze Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 17, 2:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 35 min |
| Nov 17, 2:19 AM CST | Gale Warning | TAE | 24 hr | |
| Nov 17, 2:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gulf | 25 min |
| Nov 17, 2:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton | 47 min |
| Nov 17, 3:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Washington | 30 min |
| Nov 17, 3:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington | 49 min |
| Nov 17, 3:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 44 min |
| Nov 17, 3:54 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 51 min | |
| Nov 17, 4:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Liberty | 40 min |
| Nov 17, 4:28 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Gulf, Walton | 5 hr |
| Nov 17, 4:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 45 min |
| Nov 17, 5:07 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington | 38 min |
| Nov 17, 5:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 50 min |
| Nov 17, 6:52 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 113 min | |
| Nov 17, 7:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson | 26 min |
| Nov 17, 7:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 28 min |
| Nov 17, 7:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 51 min |
| Nov 17, 7:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin | 49 min |
| Nov 17, 8:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 45 min |
| Nov 17, 8:23 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Nov 17, 9:55 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Franklin | 8 hr |
| Nov 17, 9:56 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 94 min | |
| Nov 17, 12:47 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Walton and 1 more | 19 hr |
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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.