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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 31, 2020Lafayette County, Madison County, Taylor County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2020, 4:39 PM EDT for Lafayette County, Madison County, Taylor 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: Mar 31, 2020, 4:39 PM EDT (20:39 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2020, 5:02 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Lafayette County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL

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, 2:22 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 100 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.

202 
WFUS52 KTAE 312039
TORTAE
FLC067-079-123-312115-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0007.200331T2039Z-200331T2115Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Lafayette County in Big Bend of Florida...
  Northeastern Taylor County in Big Bend of Florida...
  Southeastern Madison County in Big Bend of Florida...

* Until 515 PM EDT.
    
* At 438 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 9 miles southwest of Madison, moving east at 55 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
  northwestern Lafayette, northeastern Taylor and southeastern
  Madison Counties, including the following locations... Lee, Chancey
  and Hopewell.

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 3037 8319 3035 8319 3035 8321 3031 8321
      3030 8323 3026 8324 3026 8325 3025 8325
      3025 8324 3024 8325 3024 8356 3039 8357
      3046 8322 3042 8322 3041 8318 3039 8317
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 263DEG 48KT 3033 8348 

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

$$

72-BUNKER

1 follow-up statement

590 
WWUS52 KTAE 312102
SVSTAE

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

FLC067-079-123-312112-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-200331T2115Z/
Lafayette FL-Taylor FL-Madison FL-
502 PM EDT Tue Mar 31 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE...NORTHEASTERN
TAYLOR AND SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

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

LAT...LON 3037 8319 3035 8319 3035 8321 3031 8321
      3030 8323 3026 8324 3026 8325 3025 8325
      3025 8324 3024 8325 3024 8356 3039 8357
      3046 8322 3042 8322 3041 8318 3039 8317
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 263DEG 48KT 3037 8310 

$$

72-BUNKER

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, 3:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Franklin, Gulf	31 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.