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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2014, 10:46 AM EDT for Franklin County, Gulf 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 29, 2014, 10:46 AM EDT (14:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2014, 11:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Liberty County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2:56 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 1060 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 784 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
388 WFUS52 KTAE 291446 TORTAE FLC037-045-077-291530- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0007.140429T1446Z-140429T1530Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1046 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... FRANKLIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA... LIBERTY COUNTY IN FLORIDA... GULF COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PORT ST. JOE... * UNTIL 1130 AM EDT/1030 AM CDT/ * AT 938 AM CDT...DEVELOPING TORNADOES HAVE BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 13 MILES EAST OF PORT ST. JOE...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THERE APPEARED TO BE 3 DIFFERENT TORNADOES THAT WILL BE AFFECTING ROUGHLY THE SAME REGION. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BEVERLY...HAYS PLACE...DALKEITH...CREELS...BUCK SIDING...WILLIS LANDING...FORT GADSDEN...SUMATRA...KERN...OWENS BRIDGE...WILMA... MORGAN PLACE...TWIN POLE...NIXON GARDEN AND CENTRAL 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 3026 8498 2993 8456 2972 8521 2984 8533 TIME...MOT...LOC 1445Z 221DEG 22KT 2990 8506 $$ 9-FOURNIER
1 follow-up statement
884 WWUS52 KTAE 291505 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1105 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014 FLC037-045-077-291515- /O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140429T1530Z/ GULF FL-FRANKLIN FL-LIBERTY FL- 1105 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LIBERTY...FRANKLIN AND GULF COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3026 8498 2993 8456 2972 8521 2984 8533 TIME...MOT...LOC 1505Z 221DEG 22KT 2999 8497 $$ 9-FOURNIER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 4:09 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton | 40 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 51 min |
| Apr 29, 5:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 35 min |
| Apr 29, 6:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Apr 29, 9:24 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 66 min | |
| Apr 29, 9:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Bay | 80 min |
| Apr 29, 11:01 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 59 min | |
| Apr 29, 11:59 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 61 min | |
| Apr 29, 12:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 63 min | |
| Apr 29, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 66 min | |
| Apr 29, 5:35 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 14 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.