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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2018, 7:31 AM EDT for Gadsden County, Liberty County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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
- May 28, 2018, 7:31 AM EDT (11:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Gadsden County, FL, Liberty County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 263 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 337 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted.
566
WFUS52 KTAE 281131
TORTAE
FLC039-077-281200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0019.180528T1131Z-180528T1200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
731 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2018
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Gadsden County in Big Bend of Florida...
Northeastern Liberty County in Big Bend of Florida...
* Until 800 AM EDT.
* At 730 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 11 miles south of Greensboro, or 14 miles southwest of
Quincy, moving north at 25 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...
Greensboro around 800 AM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Lowry,
Juniper, Sycamore, Roy and Sawdust.
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 3057 8492 3059 8482 3059 8468 3037 8467
3036 8467 3037 8468 3036 8468 3035 8475
TIME...MOT...LOC 1130Z 158DEG 22KT 3040 8473
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
ADLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 10:32 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 35 hr |
| May 27, 10:32 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Walton, Washington | 35 hr |
| May 28, 9:16 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 44 min | |
| May 28, 9:55 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 35 min | |
| May 28, 11:10 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | TAE | Bay, Walton | 12 hr |
| May 28, 3:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Walton | 3 hr |
| May 28, 4:22 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Walton | 29 hr |
| May 28, 5:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Walton | 4 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.