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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 1, 2016Dixie County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2016, 8:58 PM EDT for Dixie County, Florida. It was in force for 32 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, 8:58 PM EDT (00:58 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2016, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

County Dixie County, FL

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 159 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.

319 
WFUS52 KTAE 020058
TORTAE
FLC029-020130-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0030.160902T0058Z-160902T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL DIXIE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
    
* AT 858 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FOWLERS BLUFF...OR 16 MILES WEST OF
  CHIEFLAND... MOVING NORTH AT 40 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...
  CROSS CITY AROUND 925 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE OLD
TOWN...YELLOW JACKET...SHIRED ISLAND...SUWANNEE...CROSS CITY
AIRPORT... EUGENE...SHAMROCK AND FANNING SPRINGS.

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 2932 8322 2967 8323 2964 8296 2961 8297
      2958 8295 2959 8294 2956 8295 2954 8298
      2952 8297 2952 8298 2947 8298 2943 8302
      2940 8302 2937 8307 2935 8306 2934 8310
      2932 8312 2932 8314 2931 8314
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 186DEG 35KT 2939 8311 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

30-PULLIN

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, 8:51 PM EDTTornado WarningTAELafayette, Taylor24 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.