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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 15, 2014Calhoun County, Liberty County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2014, 3:46 AM CDT for Calhoun County, Liberty County, Florida. It was in force for 44 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
Apr 15, 2014, 3:46 AM CDT (08:46 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2014, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Calhoun County, FL, Liberty County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:47 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 80 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2014-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 127 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2014-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
127 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
840 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

703 
WFUS52 KTAE 150846
TORTAE
FLC013-077-150930-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0006.140415T0846Z-140415T0930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
446 AM EDT TUE APR 15 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLOUNTSTOWN...

* UNTIL 530 AM EDT/430 AM CDT/

* AT 343 AM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOUNTSTOWN...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  FRINK...SCOTTS FERRY...ABE SPRINGS...MARYSVILLE...SHARPSTOWN...HUGH
  CREEK...ESTIFFANULGA...KENNYS MILL...DURHAM...WOODS...NETTLE
  RIDGE...BRISTOL...CLIO AND TELOGIA.

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 3037 8524 3042 8519 3054 8489 3032 8477
      3022 8517 3022 8525 3028 8528
TIME...MOT...LOC 0846Z 243DEG 31KT 3028 8520

$$

15-HARRIGAN
2 follow-up statements
560 
WWUS52 KTAE 150907
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
507 AM EDT TUE APR 15 2014

FLC013-077-150930-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140415T0930Z/
CALHOUN FL-LIBERTY FL-
507 AM EDT TUE APR 15 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM EDT/430 AM CDT/
FOR NORTH CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY IN FLORIDA...AND EAST CENTRAL
CALHOUN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...

AT 506 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODS...OR 6 MILES
SOUTH OF BLOUNTSTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BRISTOL...SWEETWATER...CLIO AND TELOGIA

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 3028 8505 3038 8509 3045 8506 3050 8499
      3054 8489 3038 8480 3032 8477
TIME...MOT...LOC 0908Z 243DEG 31KT 3036 8500

$$

15-HARRIGAN
300 
WWUS52 KTAE 150917
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
517 AM EDT TUE APR 15 2014

FLC013-077-150927-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140415T0930Z/
CALHOUN FL-LIBERTY FL-
517 AM EDT TUE APR 15 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
AND EAST CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3028 8505 3038 8509 3045 8506 3050 8499
      3054 8489 3038 8480 3032 8477
TIME...MOT...LOC 0917Z 243DEG 31KT 3039 8492

$$

15-HARRIGAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton30 min
Apr 14, 10:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEHolmes, Walton, Washington3 hr
Apr 14, 11:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEJackson, Washington4 hr
Apr 15, 1:01 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE89 min
Apr 15, 1:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEWalton, Washington3 hr
Apr 15, 2:12 AM CDTRip Current StatementTAEBay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton25 hr
Apr 15, 2:22 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE83 min
Apr 15, 2:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty, Washington4 hr
Apr 15, 2:59 AM CDTFreeze WatchTAEWalton11 hr
Apr 15, 4:39 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAELeon2 hr
Apr 15, 5:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEGadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla3 hr
Apr 15, 7:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Apr 15, 8:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTAEWakulla10 days
Apr 15, 9:24 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE96 min
Apr 15, 9:54 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTAECalhoun11 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.