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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 2021, 5:53 PM EST for Lafayette County, Madison County, Taylor County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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 15, 2021, 5:53 PM EST (22:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2021, 6:19 PM EST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Lafayette County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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.
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 15, 3:02 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 303 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
395
WUUS52 KTAE 152253
SVRTAE
FLC067-079-123-160000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0024.210215T2253Z-210216T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
553 PM EST Mon Feb 15 2021
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Lafayette County in Big Bend of Florida...
Northeastern Taylor County in Big Bend of Florida...
Madison County in Big Bend of Florida...
* Until 700 PM EST.
* At 553 PM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 8 miles west of Madison to 11 miles south of Perry,
moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Mayo, Madison, Perry, Lee, Pinland, Hamburg, Buckville, Pinetta,
Dekle Beach, Foley, Hanson, Perry-Foley Airport, San Pedro
Junction, Moseley Hall, Chancey, Boyd, Smith, Hopewell, Cherry Lake
and Carbur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EST for Big Bend of
Florida.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 2997 8319 2983 8367 3051 8358 3064 8346
3063 8328 3059 8326 3055 8326 3052 8324
3047 8324 3046 8322 3042 8322 3041 8319
3039 8317 3037 8319 3035 8319 3035 8321
3031 8321 3025 8325 3011 8323 3010 8317
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 222DEG 46KT 3046 8355 2995 8362
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
11-MM1 follow-up statement
568
WWUS52 KTAE 152319
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
619 PM EST Mon Feb 15 2021
FLC067-079-123-152329-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-210216T0000Z/
Lafayette FL-Taylor FL-Madison FL-
619 PM EST Mon Feb 15 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE...
NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR AND MADISON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EST for Big Bend of
Florida.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Tallahassee.
LAT...LON 2997 8319 2983 8367 3051 8358 3064 8346
3063 8328 3059 8326 3055 8326 3052 8324
3047 8324 3046 8322 3042 8322 3041 8319
3039 8317 3037 8319 3035 8319 3035 8321
3031 8321 3025 8325 3011 8323 3010 8317
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 222DEG 46KT 3070 8330 3019 8337
$$
11-MMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 2:11 AM EST | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton | 41 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:16 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 29 hr | |
| Feb 15, 1:35 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Feb 15, 1:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 67 min |
| Feb 15, 2:12 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Feb 15, 2:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 54 min |
| Feb 15, 2:39 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 20 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Madison, Taylor | 62 min |
| Feb 15, 3:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 28 min |
| Feb 15, 3:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Liberty and 1 more | 53 min |
| Feb 15, 3:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 55 min |
| Feb 15, 3:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lafayette | 21 min |
| Feb 15, 3:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Jackson, Washington | 12 min |
| Feb 15, 4:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 57 min |
| Feb 15, 4:25 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Feb 15, 5:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison, Taylor | 64 min |
| Feb 15, 6:22 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 38 min | |
| Feb 15, 6:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie | 35 min |
| Feb 15, 6:56 PM EST | 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.