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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2016, 9:58 PM EDT for Lafayette County, Florida. It was in force for 20 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, 9:58 PM EDT (01:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2016, 10:18 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Lafayette County, FL
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 113 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.
255
WFUS52 KTAE 020158
TORTAE
FLC067-020230-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0033.160902T0158Z-160902T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
958 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
* AT 957 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MAYO...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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
WESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
ALTON... TOWNSEND...CHANCEY...BUCKVILLE...SAN PEDRO JUNCTION...DAY
AND MAYO 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 2990 8321 3013 8337 3024 8337 3025 8324
3018 8325 3017 8323 3015 8324 3014 8323
3011 8323 3010 8318 3011 8316 3010 8313
3010 8312 3009 8311 3008 8307 3007 8307
3002 8300 2996 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 164DEG 35KT 3002 8314
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
30-PULLIN1 follow-up statement
343
WWUS52 KTAE 020218
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1018 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
FLC067-020228-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160902T0230Z/
LAFAYETTE FL-
1018 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2990 8321 3013 8337 3024 8337 3025 8324
3018 8325 3017 8323 3015 8324 3014 8323
3011 8323 3010 8318 3011 8316 3010 8313
3010 8312 3009 8311 3008 8307 3007 8307
3002 8300 2996 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 164DEG 35KT 3021 8320
$$
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, 9:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 41 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.