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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 25, 2015Madison County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2015, 12:24 PM EDT for Madison County, Florida. It was in force for 38 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 25, 2015, 12:24 PM EDT (16:24 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2015, 1:02 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Madison County, FL

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 25, 9:08 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 68 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 215 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 704 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 304 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 365 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.3

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The text

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

265 
WFUS52 KTAE 251624
TORTAE
FLC079-251715-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0021.150425T1624Z-150425T1715Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1224 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN THE BIG BEND OF FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 115 PM EDT
    
* AT 1224 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 11
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONTICELLO...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MADISON...GREENVILLE...MOSELEY HALL AND HOPEWELL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3028 8336 3040 8375 3042 8374 3043 8372
      3045 8373 3049 8373 3051 8331
TIME...MOT...LOC 1624Z 278DEG 27KT 3045 8371 

$$

15-HARRIGAN

3 follow-up statements

864 
WWUS52 KTAE 251639
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1239 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015

FLC079-251715-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150425T1715Z/
MADISON FL-
1239 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
MADISON COUNTY...
    
AT 1239 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9
MILES WEST OF MADISON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MADISON AND HOPEWELL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3039 8363 3048 8362 3050 8331 3031 8335
TIME...MOT...LOC 1639Z 278DEG 27KT 3043 8358 

$$

15-HARRIGAN

286 
WWUS52 KTAE 251656
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1256 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015

FLC079-251715-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150425T1715Z/
MADISON FL-
1256 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY...
    
AT 1256 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MADISON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MADISON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3040 8348 3046 8347 3048 8331 3036 8334
TIME...MOT...LOC 1656Z 276DEG 28KT 3042 8342 

$$

15-HARRIGAN

095 
WWUS52 KTAE 251702
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
102 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015

FLC079-251712-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150425T1715Z/
MADISON FL-
102 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS TO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3040 8348 3046 8347 3048 8331 3036 8334
TIME...MOT...LOC 1700Z 278DEG 27KT 3041 8337 

$$

15-HARRIGAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 25, 7:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Walton	40 min
Apr 25, 7:37 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Walton	23 min
Apr 25, 7:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton	51 min
Apr 25, 8:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jackson, Washington	48 min
Apr 25, 9:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Washington	42 min
Apr 25, 9:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty	55 min
Apr 25, 10:14 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Bay	16 hr
Apr 25, 11:22 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Leon	10 min
Apr 25, 12:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Madison	30 min
Apr 25, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Apr 25, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Walton	44 min
Apr 25, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton, Washington	49 min
Apr 25, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Walton	31 min
Apr 25, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington	45 min
Apr 25, 6:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		93 min
Apr 25, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 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.