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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 18, 2015Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 18, 2015, 12:00 PM CST for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 45 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: Nov 18, 2015, 12:00 PM CST (18:00 UTC)
Expired: Nov 18, 2015, 12:45 PM CST
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 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 18, 12:05 PM CST	TORNADO	1 W Liberty Hill, FL	VISUAL CONFIRMATION OF TORNADO ON HIGHWAY 331 NORTH OF EGLIN.

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
Nov 18, 8:25 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 197 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: 5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 674 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 219 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 261 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

195 
WFUS52 KTAE 181800
TORTAE
FLC131-181845-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0035.151118T1800Z-151118T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1200 PM CST WED NOV 18 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 1245 PM CST
    
* AT 1200 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...
  MOVING NORTH 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
  NORTHWESTERN WALTON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  GORDON...FLOWERSVILLE...POND CREEK...LAKEWOOD...ALPINE HEIGHTS...
  MOSSY HEAD...NEW HARMONY...SAND HILL...PAXTON AND GASKIN.

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 3099 8639 3099 8604 3073 8621 3074 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1800Z 201DEG 23KT 3079 8629 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

38-GODSEY

1 follow-up statement

925 
WWUS52 KTAE 181808
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1208 PM CST WED NOV 18 2015

FLC131-181845-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-151118T1845Z/
WALTON FL-
1208 PM CST WED NOV 18 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN WALTON COUNTY...
    
AT 1207 PM CST...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST
OF DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...OR 5 MILES NORTH OF EGLIN AIR FORCE
BASE ON US 331...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...PUBLIC CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE...LIBERTY...PAXTON...GORDON...FLOWERSVILLE...
POND CREEK...LAKEWOOD...ALPINE HEIGHTS...MOSSY HEAD...NEW HARMONY...
SAND HILL...GASKIN...OAKWOOD HILLS...FOX HILL...CANEY CREEK AND
CLUSTER SPRINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3099 8639 3099 8604 3073 8621 3074 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1807Z 201DEG 23KT 3084 8627 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

38-GODSEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 18, 3:04 AM CST	High Surf Advisory	TAE	Walton	15 hr
Nov 18, 6:36 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		54 min
Nov 18, 7:00 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	30 min
Nov 18, 7:33 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	42 min
Nov 18, 8:42 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		63 min
Nov 18, 9:07 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	23 min
Nov 18, 9:54 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		66 min
Nov 18, 10:45 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Walton	45 min
Nov 18, 11:21 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Walton	39 min
Nov 18, 11:32 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		43 min
Nov 18, 12:40 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		65 min
Nov 18, 1:15 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Walton	45 min
Nov 18, 2:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton, Washington	52 min
Nov 18, 3:03 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		42 min
Nov 18, 3:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Franklin, Gulf	51 min
Nov 18, 3:19 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		86 min
Nov 18, 3:59 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		91 min
Nov 18, 4:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Franklin, Liberty	26 min
Nov 18, 4:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Gadsden, Liberty	44 min
Nov 18, 4:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Gadsden	41 min
Nov 18, 5:14 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TAE	Gadsden	34 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.