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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 12, 2015, 10:02 AM EDT for Taylor County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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
- Sep 12, 2015, 10:02 AM EDT (14:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2015, 10:31 AM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Taylor County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 957 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KTAE 121402
TORTAE
FLC123-121445-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0024.150912T1402Z-150912T1445Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1002 AM EDT SAT SEP 12 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN THE BIG BEND OF FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 1045 AM EDT
* AT 1002 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR PERRY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PERRY...HAMPTON SPRINGS...BUCELL JUNCTION...PERRY-FOLEY AIRPORT...
FOLEY AND FENHOLLOWAY.
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 3001 8371 3007 8374 3024 8348 3005 8339
TIME...MOT...LOC 1402Z 247DEG 22KT 3007 8367
$$
15-HARRIGAN2 follow-up statements
378
WWUS52 KTAE 121422
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1022 AM EDT SAT SEP 12 2015
FLC123-121445-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-150912T1445Z/
TAYLOR FL-
1022 AM EDT SAT SEP 12 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY...
AT 1022 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER
PERRY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PERRY...BUCELL JUNCTION...PERRY-FOLEY AIRPORT...FOLEY AND
FENHOLLOWAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3004 8358 3012 8362 3024 8348 3005 8339
TIME...MOT...LOC 1422Z 247DEG 22KT 3012 8354
$$
15-HARRIGAN097
WWUS52 KTAE 121431
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1031 AM EDT SAT SEP 12 2015
FLC123-121441-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-150912T1445Z/
TAYLOR FL-
1031 AM EDT SAT SEP 12 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR 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 3004 8358 3012 8362 3024 8348 3005 8339
TIME...MOT...LOC 1430Z 247DEG 22KT 3014 8348
$$
15-HARRIGANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 5:28 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 62 min | |
| Sep 12, 6:25 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Sep 12, 7:54 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Sep 12, 9:50 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 40 min | |
| Sep 12, 10:28 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Sep 12, 10:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 34 min |
| Sep 12, 11:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor | 27 min |
| Sep 12, 11:42 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Franklin | 12 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.