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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 23, 2016, 8:48 PM CST for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2016, 8:48 PM CST (02:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2016, 9:15 PM CST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:51 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 9:15 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Liberty, FL | POWER LINES DOWN NEAR HIGHWAY 331 AND COUNTY ROAD 1084 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 8:08 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
721
WFUS52 KTAE 240248
TORTAE
FLC131-240315-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0008.160224T0248Z-160224T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
848 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 915 PM CST
* AT 847 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF CRESTVIEW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
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 WALTON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
FLOWERSVILLE...GORDON...POND CREEK...LAKEWOOD...SAND HILL...NEW
HARMONY...PAXTON...GASKIN...LIBERTY AND FOX HILL.
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 8639 3099 8633 3099 8613 3087 8605
3074 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 0247Z 231DEG 37KT 3080 8642
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
08-LAMERS1 follow-up statement
129
WWUS52 KTAE 240307
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
907 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
FLC131-240316-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160224T0315Z/
WALTON FL-
907 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WALTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
915 PM CST...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST FOR CENTRAL
FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3095 8639 3099 8633 3099 8613 3087 8605
3074 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 0304Z 231DEG 37KT 3080 8642
$$
08-LAMERSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 8:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 43 min |
| Feb 23, 9:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 51 min |
| Feb 23, 9:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes | 40 min |
| Feb 23, 10:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 60 min |
| Feb 23, 10:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 83 min |
| Feb 23, 11:20 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 25 min | |
| Feb 23, 11:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 38 min |
| Feb 23, 11:43 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Feb 23, 11:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Liberty and 1 more | 88 min |
| Feb 24, 12:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Jackson, Liberty | 17 min |
| Feb 24, 12:26 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Feb 24, 12:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Leon and 2 more | 86 min |
| Feb 24, 1:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Liberty, Wakulla | 62 min |
| Feb 24, 1:33 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 5 days |
| Feb 24, 2:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 55 min |
| Feb 24, 2:30 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Feb 24, 2:54 AM CST | Wind Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla | 80 min |
| Feb 24, 3:02 AM CST | High Surf Advisory | TAE | Bay, Gulf, Walton | 33 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Madison, Taylor | 48 min |
| Feb 24, 4:21 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 24 min | |
| Feb 24, 5:41 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Walton | 25 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:04 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 54 hr | |
| Feb 24, 12:35 PM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty | 20 days |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.