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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2014, 4:20 AM CST for Calhoun County, Gadsden County, Liberty County, Florida. It was in force for 40 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
- Nov 17, 2014, 4:20 AM CST (10:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2014, 5:00 AM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Calhoun County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Liberty County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 4:20 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Rock Bluff, FL | TREES DOWN NEAR ROCK BLUFF |
| Nov 17, 4:45 AM CST | TORNADO | Sycamore, FL | TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN GADSDEN COUNTY AT INTERSECTION OF SYCAMORE AND WINDING CREEK RD. |
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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 59 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.
445 WFUS52 KTAE 171020 TORTAE FLC013-039-077-171100- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0035.141117T1020Z-141117T1100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 520 AM EST MON NOV 17 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL GADSDEN COUNTY IN FLORIDA... NORTH CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY IN FLORIDA... NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLOUNTSTOWN... * UNTIL 600 AM EST/500 AM CST/ * AT 419 AM CST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR BLOUNTSTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BRISTOL...SWEETWATER...TORREYA STATE PARK...ROCK BLUFF...ROY... SYCAMORE AND JUNIPER. 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 3067 8483 3056 8468 3038 8500 3045 8512 TIME...MOT...LOC 1020Z 230DEG 36KT 3045 8503 $$ 42-DVD
3 follow-up statements
953
WWUS52 KTAE 171031
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
531 AM EST MON NOV 17 2014
FLC013-171041-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-141117T1100Z/
CALHOUN FL-
431 AM CST MON NOV 17 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY IN THE
PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3050 8500 3052 8499 3067 8483 3056 8468
3043 8491
TIME...MOT...LOC 1031Z 230DEG 36KT 3049 8493
$$
FLC039-077-171100-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-141117T1100Z/
GADSDEN FL-LIBERTY FL-
531 AM EST MON NOV 17 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL LIBERTY AND WEST CENTRAL GADSDEN COUNTIES...
AT 529 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONFIRMED A
TORNADO WITH DEBRIS IN THE AIR. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
SWEETWATER...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLOUNTSTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH. DUAL-POL RADAR DATA INDICATES DEBRIS.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROCK
BLUFF...ROY...SYCAMORE AND JUNIPER
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 3050 8500 3052 8499 3067 8483 3056 8468
3043 8491
TIME...MOT...LOC 1031Z 230DEG 36KT 3049 8493
$$
42-DVD762 WWUS52 KTAE 171037 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 537 AM EST MON NOV 17 2014 FLC039-077-171100- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-141117T1100Z/ GADSDEN FL-LIBERTY FL- 537 AM EST MON NOV 17 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EST FOR NORTH CENTRAL LIBERTY AND WEST CENTRAL GADSDEN COUNTIES... AT 534 AM EST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OCCURRED EARLIER NEAR BLOUNTSTOWN. THIS TORNADO WAS NOW LOCATED NEAR ROCK BLUFF...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLOUNTSTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SYCAMORE AND JUNIPER PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW! LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR SAFER STRUCTURES. GET TO THE LOWEST FLOOR AND PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE TORNADO AS POSSIBLE. && LAT...LON 3047 8488 3053 8496 3067 8483 3056 8468 TIME...MOT...LOC 1037Z 230DEG 36KT 3054 8487 $$ 42-DVD
079 WWUS52 KTAE 171052 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 552 AM EST MON NOV 17 2014 FLC077-171102- /O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-141117T1100Z/ LIBERTY FL- 552 AM EST MON NOV 17 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3055 8473 3062 8485 3067 8483 3056 8468 TIME...MOT...LOC 1052Z 230DEG 36KT 3063 8474 $$ FLC039-171100- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-141117T1100Z/ GADSDEN FL- 552 AM EST MON NOV 17 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EST FOR WEST CENTRAL GADSDEN COUNTY... AT 550 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL GADSDEN COUNTY...OR 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLOUNTSTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING AT LEAST ONE TORNADO EARLIER NEAR BLOUNTSTOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW! LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR SAFER STRUCTURES. GET TO THE LOWEST FLOOR AND PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE TORNADO AS POSSIBLE. && LAT...LON 3055 8473 3062 8485 3067 8483 3056 8468 TIME...MOT...LOC 1052Z 230DEG 36KT 3063 8474 $$ 42-DVD
The 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, 2:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Washington | 29 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, 4:28 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.