Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 22, 2016, 3:41 AM CST for Calhoun County, Florida. It was in force for 49 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
- Jan 22, 2016, 3:41 AM CST (09:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2016, 4:30 AM CST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Calhoun County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 6:53 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 1670 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 366 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
987
WFUS52 KTAE 220941
TORTAE
FLC013-221030-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0004.160122T0941Z-160122T1030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
341 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 430 AM CST
* AT 341 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF STONEMILL CREEK...OR 18
MILES NORTHEAST OF CALLAWAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
BLOUNTSTOWN AROUND 415 AM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE HUGH
CREEK...RED OAK...DURHAM...NETTLE RIDGE...CLARKSVILLE...BLOUNTSTOWN
AIRPORT...SELMAN...MACEDONIA...FRINK AND BROAD BRANCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3040 8539 3056 8506 3050 8499 3047 8500
3047 8499 3045 8500 3045 8498 3042 8503
3041 8503 3041 8501 3040 8503 3039 8501
3037 8504 3036 8503 3035 8504 3033 8505
3021 8537 3024 8539
TIME...MOT...LOC 0941Z 243DEG 31KT 3032 8535
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
42-DVD2 follow-up statements
043
WWUS52 KTAE 220951
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
351 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016
FLC013-221030-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160122T1030Z/
CALHOUN FL-
351 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM CST FOR CENTRAL
CALHOUN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
AT 351 AM CST...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 14 MILES WEST OF
BLOUNTSTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BLOUNTSTOWN AROUND 420 AM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE HUGH
CREEK...RED OAK...DURHAM...NETTLE RIDGE...CLARKSVILLE...BLOUNTSTOWN
AIRPORT...SELMAN...MACEDONIA...FRINK AND BROAD BRANCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3056 8506 3050 8499 3047 8500 3047 8499
3045 8500 3045 8498 3042 8503 3041 8503
3041 8501 3040 8503 3039 8501 3037 8504
3036 8503 3035 8504 3033 8505 3030 8529
3041 8536
TIME...MOT...LOC 0951Z 223DEG 24KT 3037 8529
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
42-DVD586
WWUS52 KTAE 221010
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
410 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016
FLC013-221030-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160122T1030Z/
CALHOUN FL-
410 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
AT 410 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BLOUNTSTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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
NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MACEDONIA...HUGH CREEK...RED OAK...
DURHAM...NETTLE RIDGE...CLARKSVILLE...CHIPOLA...BLOUNTSTOWN
AIRPORT...SHARPSTOWN AND KENNYS MILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3056 8506 3050 8499 3047 8500 3047 8499
3045 8500 3045 8498 3042 8503 3041 8503
3041 8501 3040 8503 3039 8501 3037 8504
3036 8503 3035 8504 3036 8512 3048 8523
TIME...MOT...LOC 1010Z 242DEG 33KT 3046 8509
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 7:27 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 48 min |
| Jan 21, 7:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 24 min |
| Jan 22, 12:39 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jan 22, 12:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Holmes, Walton, Washington | 93 min |
| Jan 22, 1:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 30 min |
| Jan 22, 1:48 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 27 min |
| Jan 22, 2:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 59 min |
| Jan 22, 2:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 2:53 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jan 22, 3:06 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton | 21 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 3:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay | 91 min |
| Jan 22, 3:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty | 64 min |
| Jan 22, 3:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 52 min |
| Jan 22, 4:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Leon and 2 more | 73 min |
| Jan 22, 4:54 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jan 22, 5:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin | 33 min |
| Jan 22, 5:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon | 21 min |
| Jan 22, 6:23 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 52 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Florida, 2016Every tornado warning in 2016Tornadoes in 2016
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.