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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 22, 2016Holmes County, Walton County, Florida; Geneva County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 22, 2016, 1:48 AM CST for Holmes County, Walton County, Florida; Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 27 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, 1:48 AM CST (07:48 UTC)
Expired: Jan 22, 2016, 2:15 AM CST
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Geneva County, AL, Holmes County, FL, Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 48 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 178 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.

647 
WFUS52 KTAE 220748
TORTAE
ALC061-FLC059-131-220815-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0002.160122T0748Z-160122T0815Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
  NORTHWESTERN HOLMES COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  NORTH CENTRAL WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 215 AM CST
    
* AT 148 AM CST...A TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES EAST
  OF FLORALA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 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. 

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GENEVA AROUND 205 AM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
SOMERSET...ROYALS CROSSROADS...BLACK...VAUGHANVILLE...SMITH
CROSSROADS...NEW HOPE...LYTLE...SWEETGUM HEAD...DARLINGTON AND KELLYS
CROSSROADS.

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 3095 8624 3118 8583 3100 8569 3084 8616
TIME...MOT...LOC 0748Z 240DEG 49KT 3094 8613 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
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, 1:45 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton	30 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
Jan 22, 12:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva	70 min
Jan 22, 1:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	80 min

Nearby

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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.