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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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 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.
- 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
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
$$
15-HARRIGAN2 follow-up statements
560
WWUS52 KTAE 150907
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
507 AM EDT TUE APR 15 2014
FLC013-077-150930-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140415T0930Z/
CALHOUN FL-LIBERTY FL-
507 AM EDT TUE APR 15 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM EDT/430 AM CDT/
FOR NORTH CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY IN FLORIDA...AND EAST CENTRAL
CALHOUN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
AT 506 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODS...OR 6 MILES
SOUTH OF BLOUNTSTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BRISTOL...SWEETWATER...CLIO AND TELOGIA
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR SAFER STRUCTURES.
GET TO THE LOWEST FLOOR AND PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE
TORNADO AS POSSIBLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3028 8505 3038 8509 3045 8506 3050 8499
3054 8489 3038 8480 3032 8477
TIME...MOT...LOC 0908Z 243DEG 31KT 3036 8500
$$
15-HARRIGAN300
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-HARRIGANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 10:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 11:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Jackson, Washington | 4 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:01 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 89 min | |
| Apr 15, 1:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Walton, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:12 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton | 25 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:22 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 83 min | |
| Apr 15, 2:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty, Washington | 4 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:59 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | TAE | Walton | 11 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Leon | 2 hr |
| Apr 15, 5:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 7:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Apr 15, 8:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 10 days |
| Apr 15, 9:24 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 96 min | |
| Apr 15, 9:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 11 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.