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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 6, 2020, 10:36 AM CST for Walton County, Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 39 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 6, 2020, 10:36 AM CST (16:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2020, 11:15 AM CST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:35 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 6, 3:27 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 488 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 438 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
910 WUUS52 KTAE 061636 SVRTAE FLC131-133-061715- /O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0013.200206T1636Z-200206T1715Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1036 AM CST Thu Feb 6 2020 The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Walton County in the Panhandle of Florida... Central Washington County in the Panhandle of Florida... * Until 1115 AM CST. * At 1036 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 16 miles southeast of De Funiak Springs, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Vernon, Live Oak, Wausau, Hinsons Crossroads, Red Bay, Whitehead Crossroads, Bruce, Holmes Valley, Millers Ferry, Five Points, Smyrna, Spring Hollow and Sylvania. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Tornado Watch remains in effect until noon CST for the Panhandle of Florida. Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. && LAT...LON 3076 8575 3061 8555 3041 8603 3052 8611 TIME...MOT...LOC 1636Z 230DEG 25KT 3051 8600 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ 38-GODSEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 8:23 PM CST | Coastal Flood Advisory | TAE | Dixie, Franklin, Jefferson, Taylor, Wakulla | 30 hr |
| Feb 6, 12:29 AM CST | Wind Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 20 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:38 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Walton | 15 hr |
| Feb 6, 6:58 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 21 days |
| Feb 6, 6:58 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Walton, Washington | 8 days |
| Feb 6, 6:58 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Jackson | 32 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:07 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 113 min | |
| Feb 6, 10:03 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 57 min |
| Feb 6, 10:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 51 min |
| Feb 6, 11:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 38 min |
| Feb 6, 11:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 30 min |
| Feb 6, 11:33 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Feb 6, 12:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 53 min |
| Feb 6, 1:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty | 62 min |
| Feb 6, 2:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 47 min |
| Feb 6, 3:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Leon and 2 more | 58 min |
| Feb 6, 3:22 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 113 min | |
| Feb 6, 3:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 73 min |
| Feb 6, 4:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla | 68 min |
| Feb 6, 5:07 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 113 min | |
| Feb 6, 5:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Madison, Taylor | 67 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.