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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 22, 2016Holmes County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 22, 2016, 1:45 AM CST for Holmes County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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: Jan 22, 2016, 1:45 AM CST (07:45 UTC)
Expired: Jan 22, 2016, 2:15 AM CST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Holmes County, FL, Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:49 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
Jan 21, 6:53 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 165 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1670 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 366 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

850 
WFUS52 KTAE 220745
TORTAE
FLC059-131-220815-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0001.160122T0745Z-160122T0815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
145 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HOLMES COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  NORTH CENTRAL WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 215 AM CST
    
* AT 145 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
  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 REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  HOLMES AND NORTH CENTRAL WALTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
  LOCATIONS...ROYALS CROSSROADS...BARKER STORE...BAKER SETTLEMENT...
  HICKORY HILL...PLEASANT HILL...PINEY GROVE...NEW HOPE...
  PROSPERITY...GRITNEY AND MILLER CROSSROADS.

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 3099 8603 3100 8556 3095 8553 3070 8614
      3086 8625
TIME...MOT...LOC 0745Z 240DEG 49KT 3082 8612 

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

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 21, 7:27 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	48 min
Jan 21, 7:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton	24 min
Jan 22, 12:39 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Jan 22, 12:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Holmes, Walton, Washington	93 min
Jan 22, 1:48 AM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TAE	Holmes, Walton	27 min
Jan 22, 2:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Walton, Washington	59 min
Jan 22, 2:43 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Bay	47 min
Jan 22, 2:53 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Jan 22, 3:06 AM CST	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton	21 hr
Jan 22, 3:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Jackson, Washington	48 min
Jan 22, 3:14 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Bay	91 min
Jan 22, 3:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty	64 min
Jan 22, 3:41 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Calhoun	49 min
Jan 22, 3:53 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Bay, Gulf	52 min
Jan 22, 4:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Leon and 2 more	73 min
Jan 22, 4:54 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Jan 22, 5:12 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Franklin	33 min
Jan 22, 5:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Leon	21 min
Jan 22, 6:23 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		52 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.