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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 18, 2015, 4:09 PM EST for Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 51 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, 4:09 PM EST (21:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 18, 2015, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 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, 9:25 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Nov 18, 3:16 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 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.
- 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.
988
WFUS52 KTAE 182109
TORTAE
FLC037-045-182200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0039.151118T2109Z-151118T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
409 PM EST WED NOV 18 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN THE BIG BEND OF FLORIDA...
SOUTHEASTERN GULF COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 500 PM EST/400 PM CST/
* AT 409 PM EST /309 PM CST/...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
APALACHICOLA...MOVING NORTH AT 20 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...
APALACHICOLA...CREELS...HOWARD CREEK...APALACHICOLA AIRPORT...NINE
MILE...ELEVEN MILE...HAYS PLACE...TILTON...BUCK SIDING...BAY CITY
AND BEVERLY.
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 2964 8510 2963 8510 2967 8519 2968 8519
2968 8515 2970 8517 2970 8518 2995 8513
2986 8487 2979 8493 2979 8494 2975 8497
2976 8498 2974 8497 2975 8499 2974 8498
2971 8500 2971 8506 2963 8509
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 201DEG 20KT 2967 8512
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
JLF1 follow-up statement
554
WWUS52 KTAE 182124
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
424 PM EST WED NOV 18 2015
FLC037-045-182200-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-151118T2200Z/
FRANKLIN FL-GULF FL-
424 PM EST WED NOV 18 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST/400 PM CST/
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTHEASTERN GULF COUNTIES...
AT 423 PM EST /323 PM CST/...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF APALACHICOLA...MOVING
NORTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
APALACHICOLA...CREELS...HOWARD CREEK...APALACHICOLA AIRPORT...NINE
MILE...HAYS PLACE...TILTON...BUCK SIDING...BAY CITY AND BEVERLY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 2971 8513 2995 8513 2986 8487 2979 8493
2979 8494 2975 8497 2976 8498 2974 8497
2975 8499 2974 8498 2971 8500
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 201DEG 20KT 2975 8509
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JLFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 4:04 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | TAE | Walton | 15 hr |
| Nov 18, 7:36 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 54 min | |
| Nov 18, 8:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 30 min |
| Nov 18, 8:33 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 42 min |
| Nov 18, 9:42 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 63 min | |
| Nov 18, 10:07 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 23 min |
| Nov 18, 10:54 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 66 min | |
| Nov 18, 11:45 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 45 min |
| Nov 18, 12:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 39 min |
| Nov 18, 12:32 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 43 min | |
| Nov 18, 1:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 45 min |
| Nov 18, 1:40 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 65 min | |
| Nov 18, 2:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 45 min |
| Nov 18, 3:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 52 min |
| Nov 18, 4:03 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 42 min | |
| Nov 18, 4:19 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 86 min | |
| Nov 18, 4:59 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 91 min | |
| Nov 18, 5:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Franklin, Liberty | 26 min |
| Nov 18, 5:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Liberty | 44 min |
| Nov 18, 5:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 41 min |
| Nov 18, 6:14 PM EST | 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.