Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 2, 2017, 6:25 PM CST for 4 counties in Florida; Coffee County, Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 80 min. 5 reports 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
- Jan 2, 2017, 6:25 PM CST (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2017, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 80 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Coffee County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Bay County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 6:47 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wnw Cluster Springs, FL | REPORT OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR HIGHWAY 331 AND HIGHWAY 2A |
| Jan 2, 6:57 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Ganer, AL | POWER LINE DOWN IN THE WESTERN PART OF GENEVA COUNTY |
| Jan 2, 7:02 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Samson, AL | TREES DOWN IN THE SAMSON AREA |
| Jan 2, 7:10 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Geneva, AL | TREES DOWN IN THE GENEVA AREA |
| Jan 2, 7:13 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Coffee Springs, AL | TREES DOWN IN THE COFFEE SPRINGS AREA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 3:46 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted.
781
WUUS52 KTAE 030025
SVRTAE
ALC031-061-FLC005-059-131-133-030145-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0002.170103T0025Z-170103T0145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
625 PM CST MON JAN 2 2017
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Coffee County in southeastern Alabama...
Western Geneva County in southeastern Alabama...
Western Holmes County in the Panhandle of Florida...
Northwestern Bay County in the Panhandle of Florida...
Walton County in the Panhandle of Florida...
Western Washington County in the Panhandle of Florida...
* Until 745 PM CST
* At 624 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Heath to near Crestview to Navarre Beach,
moving southeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Panama City Beach, Elba, Geneva, De Funiak Springs, Santa Rosa
Beach, Enterprise, Fort Rucker, Samson, New Brockton, Eglin Air
Force Base, Union, Liberty, Live Oak, Freeport, Paxton, Ponce De
Leon, Kinston, Caryville, Westville and Ebro.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CST for southeastern
Alabama...and the Panhandle of Florida.
LAT...LON 3039 8639 3038 8633 3042 8631 3039 8626
3040 8623 3042 8627 3038 8616 3039 8611
3044 8616 3047 8613 3046 8619 3050 8620
3046 8639 3099 8639 3100 8619 3145 8619
3143 8579 3069 8578 3015 8585 3030 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 298DEG 45KT 3135 8644 3078 8660 3039 8688
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
ADLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 6:40 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 95 min | |
| Jan 2, 7:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 55 min |
| Jan 2, 7:13 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jan 2, 7:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 60 min |
| Jan 2, 7:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty, Washington | 63 min |
| Jan 2, 8:06 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 84 min | |
| Jan 2, 8:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Liberty | 45 min |
| Jan 2, 10:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton, Washington | 27 min |
| Jan 2, 10:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Liberty | 40 min |
| Jan 3, 1:30 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 60 min | |
| Jan 3, 4:09 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 66 min | |
| Jan 3, 2:36 PM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty | 7 days |
| Jan 2, 7:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 27 min |
| Jan 2, 7:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.