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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2014, 5:23 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Leon County, Florida. It was in force for 37 min. 3 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
- Apr 7, 2014, 5:23 PM EDT (21:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2014, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 5:23 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Apalachee Regional, FL | A FEW TREES REPORTED DOWN IN THE VICINITY OF WILLIAMS ROAD AND LOUVINIA ROAD. ONE LARGE TREE INTO POWERLINES ON YASHUNTAFUN ROAD. |
| Apr 7, 5:23 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 S Apalachee Regional, FL | TWO TREES WERE DOWN AND ONE TREE WAS LEANING ON POWER LINES ABOUT 1 MILE WEST OF ST JOE ROAD ALONG TRAM ROAD. CORRECTED TIME OF EVENT |
| Apr 7, 5:46 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sw Nash, FL | ONE LARGE TREE DOWN BLOCKING BOTH NORTHBOUND LANES OF US-19. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 3:33 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1052 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 339 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
541 WFUS52 KTAE 072123 TORTAE FLC065-073-072200- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0005.140407T2123Z-140407T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 523 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MONTICELLO... EAST CENTRAL LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA... * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 523 PM EDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTICELLO...OR 9 MILES EAST OF TALLAHASSEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHAIRES CROSSROADS...CHAIRES...CODY...CAPITOLA...BAUM...LLOYD... WAUKEENAH...CAPPS...NASH...LAKE MICCOSUKEE...LOIS...FESTUS... DRIFTON...CASA BLANCO...MONTIVILLA...JARROTT AND ALMA. 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 3066 8391 3046 8376 3032 8413 3040 8421 TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 235DEG 45KT 3039 8412 $$ 42-DVD
2 follow-up statements
412
WWUS52 KTAE 072140
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
540 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
FLC073-072150-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140407T2200Z/
LEON FL-
540 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LEON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3041 8399 3046 8405 3049 8404 3051 8405
3052 8404 3052 8398 3057 8397 3063 8389
3046 8376
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 234DEG 42KT 3049 8398
$$
FLC065-072200-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140407T2200Z/
JEFFERSON FL-
540 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
JEFFERSON COUNTY...
AT 537 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LLOYD...OR 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTICELLO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NASH...
LOIS...DRIFTON...CASA BLANCO AND MONTIVILLA
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 3041 8399 3046 8405 3049 8404 3051 8405
3052 8404 3052 8398 3057 8397 3063 8389
3046 8376
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 234DEG 42KT 3049 8398
$$
42-DVD562
WWUS52 KTAE 072149
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
549 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
FLC065-072159-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140407T2200Z/
JEFFERSON FL-
549 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3... OR YOU MAY CONTACT LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
LAT...LON 3041 8399 3046 8405 3049 8404 3051 8405
3052 8404 3052 8398 3057 8397 3063 8389
3046 8376
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 234DEG 42KT 3055 8388
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 3:22 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 6 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 7, 7:09 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton | 67 hr |
| Apr 7, 11:26 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Apr 7, 1:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Apr 7, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gulf | 38 min |
| Apr 7, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gulf, Liberty | 31 min |
| Apr 7, 4:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 86 min |
| Apr 7, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Apr 7, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 49 min |
| Apr 7, 7:58 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty | 30 days |
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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.