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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 30, 2016Holmes County, Florida; Geneva County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 30, 2016, 1:43 PM CST for Holmes County, Florida; Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 16 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: Nov 30, 2016, 1:43 PM CST (19:43 UTC)
Expired: Nov 30, 2016, 1:59 PM CST
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Geneva County, AL, Holmes County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Nov 30, 11:06 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 138 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 43 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 219 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.3

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The text

As transmitted.

909 
WFUS52 KTAE 301943
TORTAE
ALC061-FLC059-302015-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0041.161130T1943Z-161130T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
143 PM CST WED NOV 30 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
  NORTHEASTERN HOLMES COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 215 PM CST
    
* AT 143 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF GRACEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 45 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
  SOUTHEASTERN GENEVA AND NORTHEASTERN HOLMES COUNTIES...INCLUDING
  THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: NOMA...HOLLAND CROSSROADS...ESTO...NOMA
  JUNCTION... COBB CROSSROADS...FADETTE...TENDIL CROSSING AND ARDS
  CROSSROADS.

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 3095 8573 3112 8549 3100 8549 3097 8553
      3093 8554 3092 8556 3088 8562
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 231DEG 38KT 3094 8564 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

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2 follow-up statements

777 
WWUS52 KTAE 301949
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
149 PM CST WED NOV 30 2016

ALC061-FLC059-302015-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-161130T2015Z/
GENEVA AL-HOLMES FL-
149 PM CST WED NOV 30 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GENEVA AND NORTHEASTERN HOLMES COUNTIES...
    
AT 149 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR GRACEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ESTO...NOMA...NOMA JUNCTION...FADETTE...COBB CROSSROADS AND TENDIL
CROSSING.

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 3097 8565 3112 8549 3100 8549 3097 8553
      3093 8554 3092 8556
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 231DEG 38KT 3098 8558 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

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455 
WWUS52 KTAE 301959
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
159 PM CST WED NOV 30 2016

ALC061-FLC059-302009-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-161130T2015Z/
GENEVA AL-HOLMES FL-
159 PM CST WED NOV 30 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GENEVA AND NORTHEASTERN
HOLMES 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 500 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ALABAMA...AND THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TALLAHASSEE.

LAT...LON 3097 8565 3112 8549 3100 8549 3097 8553
      3093 8554 3092 8556
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 231DEG 38KT 3105 8548 

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 30, 2:04 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	TAE		16 hr
Nov 30, 2:45 AM CST	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton	21 hr
Nov 30, 8:33 AM CST	Wind Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington	9 hr
Nov 30, 11:04 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		56 min
Nov 30, 11:35 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Walton	25 min
Nov 30, 3:06 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes, Walton	39 min
Nov 30, 3:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Walton	37 min
Nov 30, 1:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Geneva	75 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.