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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 18, 2015Gadsden County, Florida; Decatur County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 18, 2015, 6:14 PM EST for Gadsden County, Florida; Decatur County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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, 6:14 PM EST (23:14 UTC)
Expired: Nov 18, 2015, 6:48 PM EST
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Gadsden County, FL, Decatur County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 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, 3:16 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 45 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.

872 
WFUS52 KTAE 182314
TORTAE
FLC039-GAC087-190000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0041.151118T2314Z-151119T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL GADSDEN COUNTY IN THE BIG BEND OF FLORIDA...
  SOUTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 700 PM EST
    
* AT 614 PM EST...A TORNADO PRODUCING STORM 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...
  BAINBRIDGE...ATTAPULGUS...FOWLSTOWN...LAINGKAT...AMSTERDAM...
  DOGTOWN AND FACEVILLE.

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 3083 8438 3073 8438 3062 8457 3068 8470
      3092 8453
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 226DEG 18KT 3064 8465 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

JLF

2 follow-up statements

613 
WWUS52 KTAE 182333
SVSTAE

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

FLC039-182341-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-151119T0000Z/
GADSDEN FL-
633 PM EST WED NOV 18 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL GADSDEN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR CENTRAL
FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3083 8438 3073 8438 3069 8445 3070 8468
      3092 8453
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 225DEG 20KT 3070 8458 

$$

GAC087-190000-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-151119T0000Z/
DECATUR GA-
633 PM EST WED NOV 18 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTY...
    
AT 631 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF QUINCY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS STORM DOES HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. 

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...
BAINBRIDGE...ATTAPULGUS...FOWLSTOWN...LAINGKAT...AMSTERDAM AND
FACEVILLE.

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 3083 8438 3073 8438 3069 8445 3070 8468
      3092 8453
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 225DEG 20KT 3070 8458 

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

$$

JLF

796 
WWUS52 KTAE 182348
SVSTAE

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

GAC087-182357-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-151119T0000Z/
DECATUR GA-
648 PM EST WED NOV 18 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR CENTRAL
FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3083 8438 3073 8438 3069 8445 3070 8468
      3092 8453
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 226DEG 18KT 3076 8451 

$$

JLF

The 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, 4:09 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Franklin, Gulf	51 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, 5:36 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay, Early, Quitman, Randolph	54 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.