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Tornado Warning 57, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 7, 2017, 8:14 PM EST for Lafayette County, Taylor County, Florida. It was in force for 10 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
- Feb 7, 2017, 8:14 PM EST (01:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2017, 8:24 PM EST
- In force
- 10 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Lafayette County, FL, Taylor County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 5:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 110 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.
395
WFUS52 KTAE 080114
TORTAE
FLC067-123-080145-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0057.170208T0114Z-170208T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
814 PM EST TUE FEB 7 2017
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Taylor County in Big Bend of Florida...
Southwestern Lafayette County in Big Bend of Florida...
* Until 845 PM EST
* At 814 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 11 miles south 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...
Mayo around 840 PM EST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include San
Pedro Junction, Cooks Hammock, Athena, Salem, Pinland and Carbur.
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 2982 8316 2982 8319 2985 8361 3003 8361
3007 8315
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 269DEG 41KT 2994 8352
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
30-PULLIN1 follow-up statement
523
WWUS52 KTAE 080124
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
824 PM EST TUE FEB 7 2017
FLC067-123-080133-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-170208T0145Z/
Taylor FL-Lafayette FL-
824 PM EST TUE FEB 7 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL TAYLOR AND SOUTHWESTERN
LAFAYETTE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EST for
Big Bend of Florida.
LAT...LON 2982 8316 2982 8319 2985 8361 3003 8361
3007 8315
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 269DEG 41KT 2994 8339
$$
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, 7:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Taylor | 23 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, 8:27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.