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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 25, 2015Madison County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2015, 12:30 PM EDT for Madison County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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 25, 2015, 12:30 PM EDT (16:30 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2015, 1:00 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Madison County, FL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 25, 12:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Wsw Suwannee River St, FL	DELAYED REPORT FROM APRIL 25TH STORM OF 10 TO 15 TREES DOWN LAYING IN A DITCH OFF OF I-10 IN EASTERN MADISON COUNTY

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

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 104 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

411 
WFUS52 KTAE 251630
TORTAE
FLC079-251700-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0022.150425T1630Z-150425T1700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1230 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 100 PM EDT
    
* AT 1230 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
  NEAR SUWANNEE RIVER STATE PARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEE.

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 3037 8319 3035 8319 3035 8321 3033 8321
      3037 8335 3051 8332 3050 8324 3047 8324
      3046 8322 3042 8322 3041 8321 3042 8319
      3041 8318 3039 8318 3039 8317
TIME...MOT...LOC 1630Z 278DEG 35KT 3041 8322 

$$

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, 12:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Madison	38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.