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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2016, 8:34 PM EDT for Taylor County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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
- Sep 1, 2016, 8:34 PM EDT (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2016, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Taylor County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 8:36 PM EDT | TORNADO | 5 Ene Adams Beach, FL | MEDIA REPORT ON TWITTER THAT A TAYLOR COUNTY DEPUTY REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR KEATON BEACH WITH NO DAMAGE |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 82 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 697 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
743
WFUS52 KTAE 020034
TORTAE
FLC123-020100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0028.160902T0034Z-160902T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
834 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL TAYLOR COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 834 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTH OF PERRY...MOVING NORTHWEST 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
PERRY AROUND 850 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HAMPTON SPRINGS...ADAMS BEACH...PERRY-FOLEY AIRPORT...BIRD ISLAND...
FENHOLLOWAY...KEATON BEACH...BLUE SPRINGS...JACK LEE
ISLAND...PINLAND AND LAKE BIRD.
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 2986 8342 2979 8360 3022 8391 3030 8355
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 156DEG 49KT 2990 8355
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
30-PULLIN2 follow-up statements
874
WWUS52 KTAE 020040
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
840 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
FLC123-020100-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160902T0100Z/
TAYLOR FL-
840 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
TAYLOR COUNTY...
AT 840 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF PERRY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
PERRY AROUND 850 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CABBAGE GROVE...ATHENA...HAMPTON SPRINGS...PERRY-FOLEY
AIRPORT...FOLEY... FENHOLLOWAY...BUCELL JUNCTION...PINLAND...SECOTAN
AND BOYD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 2993 8344 2989 8366 3022 8391 3030 8355
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 156DEG 49KT 2998 8359
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
30-PULLIN736
WWUS52 KTAE 020048
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
848 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
FLC123-020100-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160902T0100Z/
TAYLOR FL-
848 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
TAYLOR COUNTY...
AT 848 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR PERRY...MOVING NORTHWEST 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
NORTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: CABBAGE
GROVE...ATHENA...HAMPTON SPRINGS...PERRY-FOLEY AIRPORT...FOLEY...
FENHOLLOWAY...BUCELL JUNCTION...PINLAND...SECOTAN AND BOYD.
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 2999 8346 2995 8371 3022 8391 3030 8355
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 156DEG 49KT 3008 8364
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
30-PULLINThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 8:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Taylor | 15 min |
| Sep 1, 8:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 26 min | |
| Sep 1, 8:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 24 min |
| Sep 1, 8:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dixie | 32 min |
| Sep 1, 9:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lafayette | 23 min |
| Sep 1, 9:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 41 min |
| Sep 1, 9:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lafayette | 20 min |
| Sep 1, 10:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 44 min | |
| Sep 1, 10:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor | 25 min |
| Sep 1, 10:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 30 min |
| Sep 1, 10:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Taylor, Wakulla | 27 min |
| Sep 1, 11:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 33 min |
| Sep 1, 11:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 26 min |
| Sep 1, 11:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor | 25 min |
| Sep 2, 1:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 5:18 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton | 19 hr |
| Sep 2, 6:10 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 8 hr | |
| Sep 2, 9:28 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Dixie, Taylor | 10 days |
| Sep 2, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 35 min |
| Sep 2, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun, Liberty, Washington | 51 min |
| Sep 2, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 56 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.