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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 2, 2015Bay County, Jackson County, Washington County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 2, 2015, 10:57 AM CST for Bay County, Jackson County, Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 33 min. 2 reports 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: Nov 2, 2015, 10:57 AM CST (16:57 UTC)
Expired: Nov 2, 2015, 11:30 AM CST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated

Counties Bay County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Washington County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Nov 2, 11:00 AM CST	TORNADO	3 Ssw Gilberts Mill, FL	TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT RUFUS ROAD AND HARTFORD BLVD. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE ADDED LATER.
Nov 2, 11:00 AM CST	TORNADO	4 Ssw Gilberts Mill, FL	STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A HOME ON SYFRETT RD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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: 230 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 3.2

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The text

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

623 
WFUS52 KTAE 021657
TORTAE
FLC005-063-133-021730-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0027.151102T1657Z-151102T1730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1057 AM CST MON NOV 2 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 1130 AM CST
    
* AT 1057 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF VERNON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHEASTERN BAY...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON
  COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RIDGETOP...GILBERTS
  MILL AND ROUND LAKE.

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 OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3053 8554 3057 8558 3071 8547 3064 8537
TIME...MOT...LOC 1657Z 220DEG 20KT 3057 8555 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75

$$

22-BARRY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 1, 6:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Walton	18 min
Nov 1, 7:37 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	TAE	Walton	3 hr
Nov 1, 8:42 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Walton	47 hr
Nov 2, 2:46 AM CST	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Bay, Gulf, Walton	23 hr
Nov 2, 4:27 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		63 min
Nov 2, 5:11 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Walton	3 hr
Nov 2, 5:20 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		115 min
Nov 2, 7:18 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		117 min
Nov 2, 8:10 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	TAE	Walton	3 hr
Nov 2, 9:20 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		40 min
Nov 2, 9:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Walton, Washington	34 min
Nov 2, 10:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Jackson, Washington	47 min
Nov 2, 10:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jackson, Washington	23 min
Nov 2, 11:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jackson	38 min
Nov 2, 1:45 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Holmes, Washington	5 days
Nov 2, 3:37 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	38 min

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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.