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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2014, 5:45 AM EST for Decatur County, Georgia; Gadsden County, Florida. It was in force for 45 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, 5:45 AM EST (10:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2014, 6:30 AM EST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Gadsden County, FL, Decatur County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 5:45 AM EST | TORNADO | Sycamore, FL | TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN GADSDEN COUNTY AT INTERSECTION OF SYCAMORE AND WINDING CREEK RD. |
| Nov 17, 6:20 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Fowlstown, GA | MEDIA REPORTED TREES DOWN IN DECATUR COUNTY. EXACT TIME AND LOCATION APPROXIMATED. |
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, 2:32 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 51 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.
385 WFUS52 KTAE 171045 TORTAE FLC039-GAC087-171130- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0036.141117T1045Z-141117T1130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 545 AM EST MON NOV 17 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN GADSDEN COUNTY IN FLORIDA... SOUTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 630 AM EST * AT 542 AM EST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR SYCAMORE...OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLOUNTSTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED EARLIER WITH THIS STORM AND IT MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER TORNADO AT ANY MOMENT! * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HARDIN HEIGHTS...ROSEDALE...SAWDUST...HARDAWAY...DOUGLAS CITY... GRETNA...OAK GROVE...MOUNT PLEASANT...RECOVERY...FACEVILLE... DOGTOWN...LAINGKAT...FOWLSTOWN...ATTAPULGUS AND AMSTERDAM 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 3090 8463 3073 8441 3051 8473 3063 8489 TIME...MOT...LOC 1045Z 226DEG 39KT 3059 8480 $$ 42-DVD
2 follow-up statements
409 WWUS52 KTAE 171054 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 554 AM EST MON NOV 17 2014 FLC039-GAC087-171130- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-141117T1130Z/ DECATUR GA-GADSDEN FL- 554 AM EST MON NOV 17 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM EST FOR NORTH CENTRAL GADSDEN AND SOUTHERN DECATUR COUNTIES... AT 553 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HARDAWAY...OR 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLOUNTSTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING AT LEAST ONE TORNADO EARLIER NEAR BLOUNTSTOWN. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GRETNA...OAK GROVE...MOUNT PLEASANT...RECOVERY...FACEVILLE... LAINGKAT...FOWLSTOWN...ATTAPULGUS AND AMSTERDAM PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW! LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR SAFER STRUCTURES. GET TO THE LOWEST FLOOR AND PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE TORNADO AS POSSIBLE. && LAT...LON 3057 8472 3065 8484 3090 8463 3073 8441 TIME...MOT...LOC 1054Z 225DEG 32KT 3064 8475 $$ 42-DVD
457 WWUS52 KTAE 171101 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 601 AM EST MON NOV 17 2014 FLC039-GAC087-171130- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-141117T1130Z/ DECATUR GA-GADSDEN FL- 601 AM EST MON NOV 17 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM EST FOR NORTH CENTRAL GADSDEN AND SOUTHERN DECATUR COUNTIES... AT 545 AM EST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR SYCAMORE. THIS TORNADO WAS NOW LOCATED NEAR MOUNT PLEASANT...OR 17 MILES SOUTH OF BAINBRIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FACEVILLE...LAINGKAT...FOWLSTOWN...ATTAPULGUS AND AMSTERDAM 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 3060 8466 3069 8477 3090 8463 3073 8441 TIME...MOT...LOC 1101Z 228DEG 35KT 3069 8466 $$ 42-DVD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 3:07 AM EST | Freeze Warning | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 31 hr |
| Nov 17, 3:07 AM EST | Hard Freeze Watch | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 17, 6:17 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady | 43 min |
| Nov 17, 6:20 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Decatur, Miller, Mitchell | 40 min |
| Nov 17, 6:48 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas | 27 min |
| Nov 17, 6:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 50 min |
| Nov 17, 7:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Colquitt, Decatur, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas | 57 min |
| Nov 17, 7:45 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Grady, Mitchell | 30 min |
| Nov 17, 7:47 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas | 28 min |
| Nov 17, 8:08 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas | 52 min |
| Nov 17, 9:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 45 min |
| Nov 17, 1:47 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt and 17 more | 19 hr |
| Nov 17, 2:26 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 64 min | |
| Nov 17, 2:28 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 92 min | |
| Nov 17, 3:10 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 35 min |
| Nov 17, 3:19 AM EST | Gale Warning | TAE | 24 hr | |
| Nov 17, 3:35 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gulf | 25 min |
| Nov 17, 3:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton | 47 min |
| Nov 17, 3:46 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Washington | 29 min |
| Nov 17, 4:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Washington | 30 min |
| Nov 17, 4:41 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington | 49 min |
| Nov 17, 4:46 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 44 min |
| Nov 17, 4:54 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 51 min | |
| Nov 17, 5:20 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Liberty | 40 min |
| Nov 17, 5:28 AM EST | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Gulf, Walton | 5 hr |
| Nov 17, 6:07 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington | 38 min |
| Nov 17, 7:52 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 113 min | |
| Nov 17, 8:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson | 26 min |
| Nov 17, 8:17 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 28 min |
| Nov 17, 8:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 51 min |
| Nov 17, 8:41 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin | 49 min |
| Nov 17, 9:23 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Nov 17, 10:55 AM EST | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Franklin | 8 hr |
| Nov 17, 10:56 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 94 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.