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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 22, 2020Dixie County, Lafayette County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 22, 2020, 2:07 PM EDT for Dixie County, Lafayette County, Florida. It was in force for 23 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: Aug 22, 2020, 2:07 PM EDT (18:07 UTC)
Expired: Aug 22, 2020, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Dixie County, FL, Lafayette County, FL

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 143 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: 160 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1153 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

029 
WFUS52 KTAE 221807
TORTAE
FLC029-067-221830-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0046.200822T1807Z-200822T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
207 PM EDT Sat Aug 22 2020

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Lafayette County in Big Bend of Florida...
  Northeastern Dixie County in Big Bend of Florida...

* Until 230 PM EDT.
    
* At 207 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 8 miles west of Bell, moving northeast at 15 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
  southeastern Lafayette and northeastern Dixie Counties, including
  the following locations... Hatch Bend, Fletcher, Guaranto Springs
  and Fletcher Springs.

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 2983 8289 2981 8293 2980 8292 2976 8295
      2975 8294 2973 8295 2972 8294 2972 8296
      2970 8294 2970 8296 2965 8296 2976 8311
      2994 8293 2989 8292 2990 8290 2988 8289
      2988 8288
TIME...MOT...LOC 1807Z 228DEG 14KT 2973 8300 

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
Aug 22, 2:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Taylor	40 min
Aug 22, 11:35 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		39 min
Aug 22, 11:43 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton	9 days
Aug 22, 1:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Lafayette, Taylor	2 hr
Aug 22, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		41 min
Aug 22, 2:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Dixie, Lafayette	16 min
Aug 22, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		34 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.