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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2014, 12:31 AM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report 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 30, 2014, 12:31 AM CDT (05:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 30, 1:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ssw Freeport, FL | TREE DOWN ON BAY GROVE ROAD. |
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 29, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1698 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
436
WFUS52 KTAE 300531
TORTAE
FLC131-300600-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0008.140430T0531Z-140430T0600Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1231 AM CDT WED APR 30 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT
* AT 1229 AM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OVER EASTERN CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY...OR
NEAR SANTA ROSA BEACH...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.
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 3053 8597 3045 8597 3039 8601 3040 8613
3041 8613 3042 8616 3045 8617 3045 8620
3042 8623 3046 8620 3047 8624 3048 8624
TIME...MOT...LOC 0531Z 263DEG 34KT 3045 8619
$$
08-LAMERS1 follow-up statement
760
WWUS52 KTAE 300540
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1240 AM CDT WED APR 30 2014
FLC131-300600-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140430T0600Z/
WALTON FL-
1240 AM CDT WED APR 30 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL WALTON COUNTY...
AT 1238 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF
FREEPORT...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF SANTA ROSA BEACH...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR SAFER STRUCTURES.
GET TO THE LOWEST FLOOR AND PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE
TORNADO AS POSSIBLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3053 8597 3045 8597 3044 8607 3044 8612
3046 8615 3050 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0540Z 257DEG 39KT 3048 8608
$$
08-LAMERSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 8:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 7 days |
| Apr 29, 10:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 56 min |
| Apr 29, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 10:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Walton | 9 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 11:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Walton | 49 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 63 min |
| Apr 30, 12:04 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 116 min | |
| Apr 30, 12:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Walton | 14 hr |
| Apr 30, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 58 min |
| Apr 30, 12:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 12:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton, Washington | 28 min |
| Apr 30, 12:56 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 94 min | |
| Apr 30, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Walton | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 1:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington | 63 min |
| Apr 30, 1:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 1:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 1:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Jackson | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay | 9 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 64 min |
| Apr 30, 2:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 2:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 3:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty | 57 min |
| Apr 30, 3:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 9 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:30 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 90 min | |
| Apr 30, 3:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 3:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 64 min |
| Apr 30, 3:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Liberty | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:18 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 87 min | |
| Apr 30, 6:21 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 114 min | |
| Apr 30, 6:45 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 60 min | |
| Apr 30, 8:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 8:27 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Apr 30, 8:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 8:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 8:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Jackson | 3 days |
| Apr 30, 8:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 8 days |
| Apr 30, 8:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 11:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 4 hr |
| Apr 30, 11:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Jackson, Washington | 4 hr |
| Apr 30, 11:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 12:05 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more | 5 hr |
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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.