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Tornado Warning 54, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 7, 2017, 7:37 PM EST for Taylor County, Florida. It was in force for 23 min. 2 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
- Feb 7, 2017, 7:37 PM EST (00:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2017, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Taylor County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 8:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Perry, FL | TREES DOWN ALONG JEFFERSON STREET IN PERRY. ONE FELL ON A CAR |
| Feb 7, 8:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Hampton Springs, FL | REPORT OF TREE DOWN |
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 7, 5:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 923 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 7.1
The text
As transmitted.
610
WFUS52 KTAE 080037
TORTAE
FLC123-080100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0054.170208T0037Z-170208T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
737 PM EST TUE FEB 7 2017
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Taylor County in Big Bend of Florida...
* Until 800 PM EST
* At 737 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 15 miles west of Perry, moving east 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 dangerous storm will be near...
Perry around 800 PM EST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Econfina, Hampton Springs, Scanlon, Perry-Foley Airport, Foley,
Bucell Junction, Secotan and Boyd.
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.
This cluster of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3007 8392 3019 8390 3023 8354 3013 8349
3002 8355
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 270DEG 41KT 3013 8384
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
30-PULLIN1 follow-up statement
830
WWUS52 KTAE 080048
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
748 PM EST TUE FEB 7 2017
FLC123-080100-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-170208T0100Z/
Taylor FL-
748 PM EST TUE FEB 7 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL TAYLOR COUNTY...
At 747 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles west of Perry, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Perry around 800 PM EST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Hampton Springs, Bucell Junction, Perry-Foley Airport, Foley, Secotan
and Boyd.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
This cluster of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3006 8380 3020 8379 3023 8354 3013 8349
3002 8355
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 270DEG 41KT 3013 8370
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
30-PULLINThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 7:06 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 24 min | |
| Feb 7, 7:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla | 67 min |
| Feb 7, 7:25 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Feb 7, 7:27 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 48 min | |
| Feb 7, 7:28 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 47 min | |
| Feb 7, 7:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Taylor | 30 min |
| Feb 7, 7:56 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 94 min | |
| Feb 7, 7:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 31 min |
| Feb 7, 8:04 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 41 min | |
| Feb 7, 8:05 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 40 min | |
| Feb 7, 8:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 10 min |
| Feb 7, 8:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor | 63 min |
| Feb 7, 8:40 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 65 min | |
| Feb 8, 10:37 AM EST | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Gulf, Walton | 11 hr |
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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.