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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 31, 2020Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2020, 3:59 PM EDT for Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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 31, 2020, 3:59 PM EDT (19:59 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2020, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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 31, 4:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Wsw Royal Bluff, FL	MINOR TREE AND BRANCH DAMAGE ALONG HIGHWAY 98. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED.

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 31, 9:51 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Mar 31, 2:22 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 87 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 734 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

598 
WFUS52 KTAE 311959
TORTAE
FLC037-045-312030-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0004.200331T1959Z-200331T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
359 PM EDT Tue Mar 31 2020

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  East central Gulf County in the Panhandle of Florida...
  Central Franklin County in Big Bend of Florida...

* Until 430 PM EDT/330 PM CDT/.
    
* At 359 PM EDT/259 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm capable of
  producing a tornado was located near Apalachicola, moving east at
  40 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...
  Eastpoint around 405 PM EDT.
  Carrabelle around 430 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Carrabelle Beach, Franklin, Buck Siding, Royal Bluff, High Bluff,
Yent Place, St George Island St Pk, Beverly, Green Point and Bay
City.

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 2971 8507 2989 8508 2991 8457 2975 8457
      2968 8467
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 269DEG 34KT 2981 8498 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

55-SCHOLL

1 follow-up statement

578 
WWUS52 KTAE 312021
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
421 PM EDT Tue Mar 31 2020

FLC045-312030-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-200331T2030Z/
Gulf FL-
421 PM EDT Tue Mar 31 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GULF COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out 
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for Big Bend of
Florida.

LAT...LON 2970 8487 2990 8480 2991 8457 2975 8457
      2971 8463 2968 8467
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 269DEG 34KT 2981 8475 

$$

FLC037-312030-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-200331T2030Z/
Franklin FL-
421 PM EDT Tue Mar 31 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
FRANKLIN COUNTY...
    
At 420 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Carrabelle, moving east at 40 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...
  Carrabelle around 425 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Carrabelle Beach, Royal Bluff, High Bluff, Yent Place, Lanark
Village, St George Island St Pk and Green Point.

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 2970 8487 2990 8480 2991 8457 2975 8457
      2971 8463 2968 8467
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 269DEG 34KT 2981 8475 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

55-SCHOLL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 11:55 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		95 min
Mar 31, 12:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington	67 min
Mar 31, 1:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Walton and 1 more	61 min
Mar 31, 1:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		85 min
Mar 31, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Liberty and 2 more	63 min
Mar 31, 2:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		65 min
Mar 31, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty and 1 more	57 min
Mar 31, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		62 min
Mar 31, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Franklin, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla	66 min
Mar 31, 4:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Madison, Taylor	35 min
Mar 31, 4:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Madison	29 min
Mar 31, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		67 min
Mar 31, 4:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Lafayette, Madison, Taylor	23 min
Mar 31, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor	63 min
Mar 31, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		65 min
Mar 31, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dixie	62 min
Mar 31, 7:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dixie	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.