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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 18, 2015Gadsden County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 18, 2015, 5:49 PM EST for Gadsden County, Florida. It was in force for 41 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, 5:49 PM EST (22:49 UTC)
Expired
Nov 18, 2015, 6:30 PM EST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

County Gadsden County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 18, 6:07 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG1 W Gretna, FLREPORT OF TREE BLOWN DOWN ON HARDAWAY HIGHWAY.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 18, 3:16 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 36 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2015-11-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2015-11-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 219 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

782 
WFUS52 KTAE 182249
TORTAE
FLC039-182330-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0040.151118T2249Z-151118T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL GADSDEN COUNTY IN THE BIG BEND OF FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 630 PM EST
    
* AT 548 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENSBORO...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  QUINCY...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. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  QUINCY...HAVANA...GREENSBORO...GRETNA...QUINCY AIRPORT...SHADY
  REST...JAMIESON...BRANCHVILLE...DOUGLAS CITY...SAWDUST...JUNIPER...
  LITTMAN...DOGTOWN...WETUMPKA...CONCORD...HINSON...FLORENCE...
  DARSEY...FREEMONT AND SANTA CLARA.

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 3045 8471 3046 8471 3046 8473 3050 8478
      3052 8478 3070 8466 3069 8434 3068 8431
      3043 8469
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 221DEG 22KT 3049 8472 

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

$$

JLF
1 follow-up statement
334 
WWUS52 KTAE 182311
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
611 PM EST WED NOV 18 2015

FLC039-182330-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-151118T2330Z/
GADSDEN FL-
611 PM EST WED NOV 18 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL GADSDEN COUNTY...
        
AT 610 PM EST...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR QUINCY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR 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...
GRETNA...BRANCHVILLE...DOUGLAS CITY AND DOGTOWN. 

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 3059 8470 3061 8471 3070 8466 3069 8442
      3069 8439 3059 8463
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 215DEG 18KT 3063 8467 

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

$$

JLF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 18, 4:04 AM ESTHigh Surf AdvisoryTAEWalton15 hr
Nov 18, 7:36 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE54 min
Nov 18, 8:00 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton30 min
Nov 18, 8:33 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton42 min
Nov 18, 9:42 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE63 min
Nov 18, 10:07 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton23 min
Nov 18, 10:54 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE66 min
Nov 18, 11:45 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEWalton45 min
Nov 18, 12:21 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEWalton39 min
Nov 18, 12:32 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE43 min
Nov 18, 1:00 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEWalton45 min
Nov 18, 1:40 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE65 min
Nov 18, 2:15 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEWalton45 min
Nov 18, 3:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton, Washington52 min
Nov 18, 4:03 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE42 min
Nov 18, 4:09 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEFranklin, Gulf51 min
Nov 18, 4:19 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE86 min
Nov 18, 4:59 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE91 min
Nov 18, 5:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Franklin, Liberty26 min
Nov 18, 5:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Liberty44 min
Nov 18, 6:14 PM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedTAEGadsden34 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.