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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2014, 12:47 AM CDT for Walton County, Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 28 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 30, 2014, 12:47 AM CDT (05:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2014, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:47 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, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Apr 30, 12:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 146 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.
082 WFUS52 KTAE 300547 TORTAE FLC131-133-300615- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0009.140430T0547Z-140430T0615Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1247 AM CDT WED APR 30 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VERNON... * UNTIL 115 AM CDT * AT 1242 AM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VERNON...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF SANTA ROSA BEACH...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BRUCE...RED HEAD...LIVE OAK...MILLERS FERRY...NEW HOPE...HOLMES VALLEY...RIVERSIDE...GREENHEAD...SMYRNA AND SYLVANIA. 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 3065 8568 3046 8565 3045 8599 3053 8608 TIME...MOT...LOC 0547Z 256DEG 39KT 3050 8599 $$ 08-LAMERS
1 follow-up statement
504 WWUS52 KTAE 300612 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 112 AM CDT WED APR 30 2014 FLC131-133-300622- /O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140430T0615Z/ WALTON FL-WASHINGTON FL- 112 AM CDT WED APR 30 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND EAST CENTRAL WALTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 115 AM CDT... RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3... OR YOU MAY CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. LAT...LON 3065 8568 3046 8565 3045 8599 3053 8608 TIME...MOT...LOC 0612Z 256DEG 39KT 3057 8568 $$ 08-LAMERS
The 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, 12:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 29 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, 12:56 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.