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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 25, 2015Franklin County, Gulf County, Liberty County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 25, 2015, 7:22 PM EST for Franklin County, Gulf County, Liberty County, Florida. It was in force for 23 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
Feb 25, 2015, 7:22 PM EST (00:22 UTC)
Expired
Feb 25, 2015, 7:45 PM EST
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Liberty County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 25, 6:39 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 00:00Z on 2015-02-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2015-02-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 862 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
483 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
84 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
862 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
966 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

425 
WFUS52 KTAE 260022
TORTAE
FLC037-045-077-260045-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0006.150226T0022Z-150226T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
722 PM EST WED FEB 25 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  SOUTHWESTERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  CENTRAL GULF COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PORT ST. JOE...

* UNTIL 745 PM EST/645 PM CST/

* AT 718 PM EST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PORT ST. JOE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITE
  CITY...HONEYVILLE...DALKEITH...HOWARD CREEK...WILLIS LANDING...FORT
  GADSDEN...OWENS BRIDGE...NIXON GARDEN...JENSEN PLACE...WILMA...
  VILAS...TWIN POLE...SUMATRA...KERN AND CENTRAL CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR SAFER STRUCTURES.
GET TO THE LOWEST FLOOR AND PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE
TORNADO AS POSSIBLE.

&&

LAT...LON 2982 8532 2983 8532 2985 8535 2989 8536
      2992 8539 2997 8539 3028 8489 2998 8474
      2980 8531
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 243DEG 43KT 2991 8530

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 25, 8:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELeon, Wakulla35 min
Feb 25, 8:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Leon, Taylor, Wakulla30 min
Feb 25, 8:43 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE62 min
Feb 25, 8:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Jefferson, Taylor, Wakulla40 min
Feb 25, 8:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Madison, Taylor48 min
Feb 25, 9:38 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Feb 25, 9:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELafayette, Madison, Taylor61 min
Feb 25, 10:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELafayette, Madison, Taylor66 min
Feb 25, 11:15 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Feb 25, 11:20 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAETaylor115 min
Feb 25, 11:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDixie, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor63 min
Feb 26, 12:35 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDixie, Lafayette55 min
Feb 26, 1:51 AM ESTRip Current StatementTAEBay, Gulf, Walton17 hr
Feb 26, 3:34 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE7 hr

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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.