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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 24, 2014, 3:08 AM CST for Holmes County, Jackson County, Washington County, Florida; Dale County, Geneva County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 22 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 24, 2014, 3:08 AM CST (09:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2014, 3:30 AM CST
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Houston County, AL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Washington County, FL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 10:55 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 509 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 397 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 547 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
500 WFUS52 KTAE 240908 TORTAE ALC045-061-069-FLC059-063-133-240930- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0052.141224T0908Z-141224T0930Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 308 AM CST WED DEC 24 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN HOLMES COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BONIFAY... NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... SOUTHEASTERN DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... EASTERN GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... WESTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOTHAN... * UNTIL 330 AM CST * AT 303 AM CST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 7 MILES NORTH OF BONIFAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HARTFORD...SLOCOMB...TAYLOR...PINCKARD...COWARTS...ASHFORD AND MIDLAND CITY 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 3140 8555 3117 8518 3071 8575 3084 8585 TIME...MOT...LOC 0905Z 209DEG 56KT 3093 8568 $$ 52-MCDERMOTT
1 follow-up statement
168 WWUS52 KTAE 240925 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 325 AM CST WED DEC 24 2014 ALC045-061-069-FLC059-063-133-240934- /O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-141224T0930Z/ DALE AL-GENEVA AL-HOUSTON AL-JACKSON FL-HOLMES FL-WASHINGTON FL- 325 AM CST WED DEC 24 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EASTERN HOLMES...NORTHWESTERN JACKSON...WESTERN HOUSTON...EASTERN GENEVA AND SOUTHEASTERN DALE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 330 AM CST... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 6 AM CST. LAT...LON 3140 8555 3117 8518 3071 8575 3084 8585 TIME...MOT...LOC 0924Z 209DEG 56KT 3119 8551 $$ 52-MCDERMOTT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 6:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gulf | 27 min |
| Dec 23, 7:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gulf | 22 min |
| Dec 23, 7:34 PM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 61 hr |
| Dec 23, 7:40 PM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 11 days |
| Dec 23, 11:28 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 62 min | |
| Dec 24, 12:04 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:13 AM CST | High Surf Advisory | TAE | Bay, Gulf, Walton | 25 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:29 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 31 min | |
| Dec 24, 2:47 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 28 min | |
| Dec 24, 2:49 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 56 min | |
| Dec 24, 2:56 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 4:42 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 63 min | |
| Dec 24, 5:02 AM CST | Wind Advisory | TAE | Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson, Lafayette and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 24, 5:59 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 7:15 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 7:32 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Walton | 29 hr |
| Dec 24, 7:44 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 61 min | |
| Dec 24, 8:33 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 57 min | |
| Dec 24, 8:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 44 min |
| Dec 24, 9:00 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 8 days |
| Dec 24, 9:00 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Walton | 10 days |
| Dec 24, 9:27 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 93 min | |
| Dec 24, 10:55 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 95 min | |
| Dec 23, 9:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva | 4 hr |
| Dec 24, 12:50 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 1:44 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Geneva | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 1:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry, Houston | 4 min |
| Dec 24, 3:43 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 4:28 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Geneva | 3 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.