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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 23, 2014, 12:24 PM CST for Holmes County, Walton County, Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 21 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 23, 2014, 12:24 PM CST (18:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 23, 2014, 12:45 PM CST
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Holmes County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:27 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 23, 12:28 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Ponce De Leon, FL | DAMAGE TO TREES AND AN OUTBUILDING STRUCTURE. REPORT POSTED TO THE WJHG-TV FACEBOOK PAGE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 350 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 374 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 452 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
963 WFUS52 KTAE 231824 TORTAE FLC059-131-133-231845- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0046.141123T1824Z-141123T1845Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1224 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HOLMES COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... WASHINGTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... * UNTIL 1245 PM CST * AT 1219 PM CST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR DOUGLASS CROSSROAD...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WESTVILLE...CERROGORDO...CARYVILLE...GRITNEY...IZAGORA...PITTMAN AND BETHLEHEM 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 3099 8579 3085 8562 3064 8597 3069 8601 TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 224DEG 45KT 3071 8593 $$ 9-FOURNIER
1 follow-up statement
957 WWUS52 KTAE 231829 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 129 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014 FLC131-231839- /O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-141123T1845Z/ WALTON FL- 1229 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WALTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3099 8579 3085 8562 3070 8587 3071 8600 TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 224DEG 45KT 3075 8588 $$ FLC059-133-231845- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-141123T1845Z/ HOLMES FL-WASHINGTON FL- 1229 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND CENTRAL HOLMES COUNTIES... AT 1224 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PONCE DE LEON...OR 11 MILES EAST OF DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WESTVILLE...CERROGORDO...CARYVILLE...GRITNEY...IZAGORA...PITTMAN... BETHLEHEM AND MILLER CROSSROADS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && LAT...LON 3099 8579 3085 8562 3070 8587 3071 8600 TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 224DEG 45KT 3075 8588 $$ 9-FOURNIER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 12:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton, Washington | 31 min |
| Nov 23, 12:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson | 35 min |
| Nov 23, 1:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jackson, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 49 min |
Nearby
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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.