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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 2, 2017, 11:20 PM EST for Liberty County, Florida. It was in force for 40 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 2, 2017, 11:20 PM EST (04:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2017, 12:00 AM EST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Liberty County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 4:46 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 67 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.
317
WFUS52 KTAE 030420
TORTAE
FLC077-030500-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0015.170103T0420Z-170103T0500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1120 PM EST MON JAN 2 2017
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southern Liberty County in Big Bend of Florida...
* Until midnight EST
* At 1120 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located 11 miles east of Stonemill Creek, or 23 miles
north of Apalachicola, moving east at 30 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
southern Liberty County, including the following locations: East
Camp, Jewel Fire Tower, Owens Bridge, Kern, Poplar Camp, Twin Pole
and Wilma.
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 3009 8507 3030 8475 3005 8464 3002 8502
TIME...MOT...LOC 0420Z 248DEG 27KT 3008 8500
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
38-GODSEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 7:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Holmes, Walton, Washington | 80 min |
| Jan 2, 7:40 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 95 min | |
| Jan 2, 8:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 55 min |
| Jan 2, 8:13 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jan 2, 8:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 60 min |
| Jan 2, 8:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty, Washington | 63 min |
| Jan 2, 9:06 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 84 min | |
| Jan 2, 9:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Liberty | 45 min |
| Jan 2, 11:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton, Washington | 27 min |
| Jan 3, 2:30 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 60 min | |
| Jan 3, 5:09 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 66 min | |
| Jan 3, 3:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty | 7 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.