Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2020
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2020, 11:55 PM CDT for Holmes County, Jackson County, Florida; Geneva County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 20 min. 2 reports 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
- Apr 19, 2020, 11:55 PM CDT (04:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2020, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Geneva County, AL, Houston County, AL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 12:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Graceville, FL | TREES DOWN WITH MINOR ROOF DAMAGE IN GRACEVILLE. TIME DETERMINED FROM RADAR. |
| Apr 20, 12:07 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sse Browntown, FL | TREES DOWN IN GRACEVILLE AND CAMPBELLTON. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 10:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 2182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 709 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 327 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.5
- Supercell composite
- 17.9
The text
As transmitted.
967
WFUS52 KTAE 200455
TORTAE
ALC061-069-FLC059-063-200515-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0020.200420T0455Z-200420T0515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
Issued by National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
1155 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Geneva County in southeastern Alabama...
Southeastern Houston County in southeastern Alabama...
Northwestern Jackson County in the Panhandle of Florida...
Northeastern Holmes County in the Panhandle of Florida...
* Until 1215 AM CDT.
* At 1155 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near Graceville, moving east at 45 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...
Graceville around 1200 AM CDT.
Cottonwood around 1215 AM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Malone, Fadette, Pansey, Grangeburg, Garretts Crossroads, Tendil
Crossing, Lovetown, Southern Junction, Sealy Springs and Noma.
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.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
This cluster of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3094 8563 3103 8561 3116 8516 3089 8512
TIME...MOT...LOC 0455Z 262DEG 39KT 3099 8558
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 84 min |
| Apr 19, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 56 min |
| Apr 20, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson, Washington | 34 min |
| Apr 20, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 32 min |
| Apr 20, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jackson, Leon | 68 min |
| Apr 20, 1:24 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Apr 20, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 55 min |
| Apr 20, 2:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden, Leon, Liberty | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 2:33 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 57 min | |
| Apr 20, 2:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay, Gulf, Liberty | 51 min |
| Apr 20, 3:05 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Apr 20, 3:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 38 min |
| Apr 20, 3:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty | 82 min |
| Apr 20, 3:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Liberty, Wakulla | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 4:39 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Apr 20, 4:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Suwannee | 26 min |
| Apr 20, 4:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 38 min |
| Apr 20, 5:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor | 62 min |
| Apr 20, 5:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Taylor | 85 min |
| Apr 20, 7:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie | 15 min |
| Apr 20, 9:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty | 13 days |
| Apr 19, 10:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 50 min |
| Apr 19, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry, Houston | 95 min |
| Apr 19, 11:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 27 min |
| Apr 19, 11:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 11:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 24 min |
| Apr 19, 11:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 31 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Florida, 2020Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 2020Every tornado warning in 2020Tornadoes in 2020
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.