Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 76, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2017, 12:50 AM EDT for Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 23 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
- Jun 21, 2017, 12:50 AM EDT (04:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2017, 1:13 AM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 11:24 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 439 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 713 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted.
258
WFUS52 KTAE 210450
TORTAE
FLC037-045-210545-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0076.170621T0450Z-170621T0545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1250 AM EDT WED JUN 21 2017
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Gulf County in the Panhandle of Florida...
Southwestern Franklin County in Big Bend of Florida...
* Until 145 AM EDT/1245 AM CDT/
* At 1250 AM EDT/1150 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm capable of
producing a tornado was located 11 miles southwest of St George
Island, moving northwest at 20 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...
Apalachicola around 1215 AM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Nine
Mile, Bay City, Eleven Mile, Thirteen Mile, Apalachicola Airport,
Odena, Indian Pass, Simmons Bayou, Tilton and Jones Homestead.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 2960 8521 2977 8533 2984 8506 2956 8494
2953 8508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0450Z 150DEG 18KT 2958 8503
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
42-DVD2 follow-up statements
207
WWUS52 KTAE 210502
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
102 AM EDT WED JUN 21 2017
FLC037-045-210545-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-170621T0545Z/
Gulf FL-Franklin FL-
102 AM EDT WED JUN 21 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM EDT/1245 AM CDT/
FOR SOUTHEASTERN GULF AND SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES...
At 102 AM EDT/1202 AM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm capable of
producing a tornado was located 10 miles southwest of Apalachicola,
moving northwest at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Apalachicola around 1215 AM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Nine
Mile, Bay City, Eleven Mile, Thirteen Mile, Apalachicola Airport,
Odena, Tilton, Jones Homestead and Simmons Bayou.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 2961 8511 2977 8533 2984 8506 2961 8497
2959 8508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0502Z 150DEG 19KT 2964 8507
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
42-DVD514
WWUS52 KTAE 210513
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
113 AM EDT WED JUN 21 2017
FLC037-045-210523-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-170621T0545Z/
Gulf FL-Franklin FL-
113 AM EDT WED JUN 21 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GULF AND SOUTHWESTERN
FRANKLIN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1100 AM EDT/1000 AM CDT/ for
Big Bend of and the Panhandle of Florida.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Tallahassee.
LAT...LON 2961 8511 2977 8533 2984 8506 2961 8497
2959 8508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0512Z 150DEG 18KT 2969 8510
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 8:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty | 27 min |
| Jun 20, 8:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington | 29 min |
| Jun 20, 8:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 83 min | |
| Jun 20, 9:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun | 19 min |
| Jun 20, 10:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 58 min | |
| Jun 20, 11:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jun 21, 12:55 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jun 21, 1:27 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jun 21, 3:24 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jun 21, 5:23 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jun 21, 7:26 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 94 min | |
| Jun 21, 8:57 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 93 min | |
| Jun 21, 9:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 10:25 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 95 min | |
| Jun 21, 10:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 12:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 1:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 15 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.