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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 1, 2016Lafayette County, Taylor County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2016, 10:45 PM EDT for Lafayette County, Taylor County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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, 10:45 PM EDT (02:45 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2016, 11:15 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

Counties Lafayette County, FL, Taylor County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 104 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.

673 
WFUS52 KTAE 020245
TORTAE
FLC067-123-020315-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0035.160902T0245Z-160902T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1045 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  SOUTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT
    
* AT 1045 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 16 MILES NORTH OF STEINHATCHEE...MOVING NORTH
  AT 30 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 1115 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ATHENA...SMITH...PERRY-FOLEY
AIRPORT...TOWNSEND...FOLEY...FENHOLLOWAY... BUCELL
JUNCTION...SALEM...PINLAND AND CARBUR.

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 2982 8332 2981 8332 2979 8349 3006 8366
      3015 8333 2982 8328
TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 163DEG 26KT 2990 8343 

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, 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, 10:48 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.