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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 1, 2016Lafayette County, Taylor County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2016, 8:51 PM EDT for Lafayette County, Taylor County, Florida. It was in force for 24 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
Sep 1, 2016, 8:51 PM EDT (00:51 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2016, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Lafayette County, FL, Taylor County, FL

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 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
Sep 1, 2:50 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 2016-09-02Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

711 
WFUS52 KTAE 020051
TORTAE
FLC067-123-020115-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0029.160902T0051Z-160902T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
851 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  WESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT
    
* AT 850 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MAYO...MOVING NORTH AT
  35 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
  NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR AND WESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
  FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: BUCKVILLE...COOKS HAMMOCK...SMITH...DAY AND
  TOWNSEND.

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 2991 8327 2992 8340 3018 8348 3022 8328
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 172DEG 31KT 2991 8335 

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

$$

ADL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 8:01 PM EDTTornado WarningTAETaylor15 min
Sep 1, 8:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE26 min
Sep 1, 8:34 PM EDTTornado WarningTAETaylor26 min
Sep 1, 8:58 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEDixie32 min
Sep 1, 9:07 PM EDTTornado WarningTAELafayette23 min
Sep 1, 9:19 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEDixie, Lafayette41 min
Sep 1, 9:58 PM EDTTornado WarningTAELafayette20 min
Sep 1, 10:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE44 min
Sep 1, 10:35 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEDixie, Lafayette, Taylor25 min
Sep 1, 10:45 PM EDTTornado WarningTAELafayette, Taylor30 min
Sep 1, 10:48 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEJefferson, Leon, Taylor, Wakulla27 min
Sep 1, 11:12 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEDixie, Lafayette33 min
Sep 1, 11:19 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEWakulla26 min
Sep 1, 11:39 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEDixie, Lafayette, Taylor25 min
Sep 2, 1:18 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEGadsden, Leon3 hr
Sep 2, 5:18 AM EDTRip Current StatementTAEBay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton19 hr
Sep 2, 6:10 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE8 hr
Sep 2, 9:28 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAEDixie, Taylor10 days
Sep 2, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton35 min
Sep 2, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun, Liberty, Washington51 min
Sep 2, 7:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden, Leon56 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.