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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 1, 20164 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2016, 10:48 PM EDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 27 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, 10:48 PM EDT (02:48 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2016, 11:15 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

Counties Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:51 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
Sep 1, 10:47 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 44 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.

430 
WFUS52 KTAE 020248
TORTAE
FLC065-073-123-129-020315-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0036.160902T0248Z-160902T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1048 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  NORTHEASTERN WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  SOUTHEASTERN LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT
    
* AT 1048 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF PERRY...MOVING NORTHWEST 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHWESTERN TAYLOR...SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON...NORTHEASTERN
  WAKULLA AND SOUTHEASTERN LEON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
  LOCATIONS: CABBAGE GROVE...HELLS HALF ACRE...GOOSE
  PASTURE...ECONFINA...FANLEW... SCANLON...NATURAL BRIDGE...WACISSA
  SPRINGS AND PLUM ORCHARD.

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 3013 8369 2998 8380 3010 8419 3031 8415
      3037 8403
TIME...MOT...LOC 0248Z 126DEG 44KT 3011 8384 

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, 10:45 PM EDTTornado WarningTAELafayette, Taylor30 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.