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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2016, 11:39 PM EDT for Dixie County, Lafayette County, Taylor County, Florida. It was in force for 25 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, 11:39 PM EDT (03:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2016, 12:04 AM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Dixie County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Taylor County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:37 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, 10:47 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 116 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.
271
WFUS52 KTAE 020339
TORTAE
FLC029-067-123-020415-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0039.160902T0339Z-160902T0415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1139 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN DIXIE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
SOUTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
SOUTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
* AT 1139 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STEINHATCHEE...MOVING NORTH AT 55 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...
STEINHATCHEE AROUND 1145 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ATHENA...JENA...JONESBORO...TENNILLE...SAN PEDRO JUNCTION...COOKS
HAMMOCK... SALEM...CARBUR AND CLARA.
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 2948 8330 2948 8345 2999 8354 3004 8335
3002 8319
TIME...MOT...LOC 0339Z 184DEG 52KT 2958 8338
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
30-PULLIN1 follow-up statement
269
WWUS52 KTAE 020404
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1204 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
FLC029-067-123-020413-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160902T0415Z/
DIXIE FL-TAYLOR FL-LAFAYETTE FL-
1204 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DIXIE...SOUTHEASTERN TAYLOR
AND SOUTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT FOR FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2948 8330 2948 8345 2999 8354 3004 8335
3002 8319
TIME...MOT...LOC 0401Z 184DEG 52KT 2994 8335
$$
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, 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 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.