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Tornado Warning 79, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 7, 2017, 4:24 PM CDT for Bay County, Florida. It was in force for 36 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
- Oct 7, 2017, 4:24 PM CDT (21:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2017, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Bay County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 513 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 750 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
062
WFUS52 KTAE 072124
TORTAE
FLC005-072200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0079.171007T2124Z-171007T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
424 PM CDT SAT OCT 7 2017
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
West central Bay County in the Panhandle of Florida...
* Until 500 PM CDT
* At 423 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Panama City Beach, moving northwest at 35 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...
Panama City Beach around 445 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Biltmore Beach, West Bay, St Andrews State Park, Edgewater Gulf
Beach, Sunnyside, Gulf Lagoon Beach, Laguna Beach, Gulf Resort Beach,
West Panama City and Bahama Beach.
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 3013 8572 3008 8578 3025 8596 3031 8583
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 139DEG 29KT 3013 8579
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
04-MCDERMOTT2 follow-up statements
959
WWUS52 KTAE 072136
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
436 PM CDT SAT OCT 7 2017
FLC005-072200-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-171007T2200Z/
Bay FL-
436 PM CDT SAT OCT 7 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL BAY COUNTY...
At 436 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Panama City Beach, moving northwest at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
west central Bay County, including the following locations: West Bay,
Sunnyside, Laguna Beach, Gulf Resort Beach, Bahama Beach, Bid-a-Wee
and Edgewater Gulf Beach.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3021 8577 3018 8584 3025 8596 3031 8583
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 139DEG 29KT 3021 8587
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
04-MCDERMOTT732
WWUS52 KTAE 072152
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
452 PM CDT SAT OCT 7 2017
FLC005-072201-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-171007T2200Z/
Bay FL-
452 PM CDT SAT OCT 7 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL BAY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 500
PM CDT...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3021 8577 3018 8584 3025 8596 3031 8583
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 139DEG 29KT 3020 8586
$$
04-MCDERMOTTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 10:40 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 50 hr | |
| Oct 7, 2:26 AM CDT | High Surf Advisory | TAE | Franklin | 23 hr |
| Oct 7, 10:17 AM CDT | Tropical Storm Warning | TAE | Bay, Gulf, Holmes, Walton, Washington | 24 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 35 min | |
| Oct 7, 4:26 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 34 min | |
| Oct 7, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor | 29 min |
| Oct 7, 5:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 38 min |
| Oct 7, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 32 min |
| Oct 7, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 36 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.