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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 2019, 12:34 PM CST for Geneva County, Alabama; Holmes County, Florida. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 3, 2019, 12:34 PM CST (18:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2019, 1:00 PM CST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Geneva County, AL, Holmes County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 12:53 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Pittman, FL | TREE DOWN IN PITTMAN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 11:24 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 260 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 677 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
959
WFUS52 KTAE 031834
TORTAE
ALC061-FLC059-031900-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0009.190303T1834Z-190303T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1234 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2019
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
South central Geneva County in southeastern Alabama...
Northwestern Holmes County in the Panhandle of Florida...
* Until 100 PM CST.
* At 1234 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near Geneva, moving northeast 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
south central Geneva and northwestern Holmes Counties, including
the following locations... Miller Crossroads, Leonia, Kellys
Crossroads, Eunola, Barker Store, Highfalls, Black, Arrant
Settlement, Sweetgum Head and Royals Crossroads.
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 3113 8576 3096 8566 3085 8599 3093 8604
3098 8603
TIME...MOT...LOC 1834Z 241DEG 34KT 3094 8590
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
04-MCDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 12:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 25 min |
| Mar 3, 12:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 14 min |
| Mar 3, 12:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Houston | 38 min |
| Mar 3, 12:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 28 min |
| Mar 3, 12:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 37 min |
| Mar 3, 3:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 48 min |
| Mar 3, 3:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 37 min |
| Mar 3, 3:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 38 min |
| Mar 3, 3:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 52 min |
| Mar 3, 4:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 41 min |
| Mar 3, 4:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 49 min |
| Mar 3, 4:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 51 min |
| Mar 3, 4:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 36 min |
| Mar 3, 4:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 25 min |
| Mar 3, 5:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 35 min |
| Mar 3, 5:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 33 min |
| Mar 3, 5:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 7:16 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 44 min |
| Mar 3, 1:39 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton | 22 hr |
| Mar 3, 7:48 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty | 60 hr |
| Mar 3, 11:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 33 min |
| Mar 3, 12:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 26 min |
| Mar 3, 4:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 36 min |
| Mar 3, 4:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 53 min |
| Mar 3, 5:23 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 67 min | |
| Mar 3, 5:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Liberty and 1 more | 36 min |
| Mar 3, 5:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson, Washington | 31 min |
| Mar 3, 5:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Liberty, Washington | 30 min |
| Mar 3, 5:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun | 30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.