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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2016, 9:19 PM EDT for Dixie County, Lafayette County, Florida. It was in force for 41 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, 9:19 PM EDT (01:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2016, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Dixie County, FL, Lafayette County, FL
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 142 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.
634
WFUS52 KTAE 020119
TORTAE
FLC029-067-020200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0032.160902T0119Z-160902T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
919 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN DIXIE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
* AT 918 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CROSS CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 50 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...
MAYO AROUND 1000 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
FLETCHER SPRINGS...GUARANTO SPRINGS...ALTON...FLETCHER...HATCH
BEND...SAN PEDRO JUNCTION...HINES AND GRADY.
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 2983 8289 2981 8293 2980 8292 2976 8295
2972 8294 2972 8296 2970 8294 2970 8296
2964 8296 2967 8323 3009 8327 3010 8312
2999 8296 2996 8295 2995 8292 2989 8292
2990 8290 2987 8287
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 184DEG 43KT 2956 8308
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
30-PULLIN1 follow-up statement
565
WWUS52 KTAE 020152
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
952 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
FLC029-020201-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-160902T0200Z/
DIXIE FL-
952 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DIXIE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2991 8325 3009 8327 3010 8312 3002 8301
3001 8300 3001 8298 2999 8296 2996 8295
2995 8293 2990 8292 2990 8308
TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 184DEG 43KT 2996 8305
$$
FLC067-020200-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-160902T0200Z/
LAFAYETTE FL-
952 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
LAFAYETTE COUNTY...
AT 951 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OBRIEN...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MAYO...MOVING NORTH AT 50 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...
MAYO AROUND 1000 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ALTON
AND SAN PEDRO JUNCTION.
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 8325 3009 8327 3010 8312 3002 8301
3001 8300 3001 8298 2999 8296 2996 8295
2995 8293 2990 8292 2990 8308
TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 184DEG 43KT 2996 8305
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, 8:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Taylor | 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, 9:58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.