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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 18, 2015, 1:15 PM CST for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 45 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
- Nov 18, 2015, 1:15 PM CST (19:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 18, 2015, 2:00 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), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
715
WFUS52 KTAE 181915
TORTAE
FLC131-182000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0038.151118T1915Z-151118T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
115 PM CST WED NOV 18 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 200 PM CST
* AT 114 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SANTA ROSA BEACH...MOVING
NORTH AT 35 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 AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN
SOUTH WALTON COUNTY...BUNKER...SEASIDE...FREEPORT...SEAGROVE
BEACH...BLUE MOUNTAIN BEACH...GRAYTON BEACH...PORT
WASHINGTON...PORTLAND AND INLET BEACH.
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 3039 8626 3040 8623 3043 8626 3043 8625
3038 8616 3039 8611 3043 8612 3044 8616
3048 8614 3046 8619 3050 8620 3048 8622
3049 8625 3059 8625 3055 8597 3040 8600
3027 8600 3036 8626
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 186DEG 29KT 3025 8613
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
38-GODSEY2 follow-up statements
699
WWUS52 KTAE 181933
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
133 PM CST WED NOV 18 2015
FLC131-182000-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-151118T2000Z/
WALTON FL-
133 PM CST WED NOV 18 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WALTON COUNTY...
AT 132 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF SANTA ROSA BEACH...OR ABOUT NEAR
SEASIDE...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SANTA ROSA BEACH...EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE...FREEPORT...BUNKER...
SEASIDE...SEAGROVE BEACH...BLUE MOUNTAIN BEACH...GRAYTON BEACH...PORT
WASHINGTON...PORTLAND AND INLET BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3039 8626 3040 8623 3043 8626 3043 8625
3038 8616 3039 8611 3043 8612 3044 8616
3048 8614 3046 8619 3050 8620 3048 8622
3049 8625 3059 8625 3055 8597 3040 8600
3027 8600 3036 8626
TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 193DEG 24KT 3035 8611
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
38-GODSEY645
WWUS52 KTAE 181944
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
144 PM CST WED NOV 18 2015
FLC131-182000-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-151118T2000Z/
WALTON FL-
144 PM CST WED NOV 18 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WALTON COUNTY...
AT 144 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES EAST OF SANTA ROSA BEACH...MOVING NORTH AT 30
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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FREEPORT...PORT WASHINGTON AND BUNKER.
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 3057 8611 3055 8597 3040 8600 3031 8606
3034 8614 3037 8617 3039 8617 3038 8616
3039 8611 3043 8612 3044 8616 3048 8614
3047 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 193DEG 26KT 3041 8607
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
38-GODSEYThe 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, 12:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 45 min |
| Nov 18, 12:40 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 65 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 | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.