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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 18, 2021, 6:02 AM CDT for Bay County, Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 28 min. 3 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
- Mar 18, 2021, 6:02 AM CDT (11:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2021, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Bay County, FL, Washington County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 6:02 AM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Ese Red Head, FL | TDS OBSERVED ON RADAR OVER A FORESTED AREA WITH TREE DAMAGE. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED. |
| Mar 18, 6:03 AM CDT | TORNADO | Nw Florida Beaches Intl, FL | EF0 TORNADO CONFIRMED FROM STORM SURVEY. |
| Mar 18, 6:04 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 82 | Nw Florida Beaches Intl, FL | AT 1100Z, ASOS REPORTED A GUST TO 64 KT (74 MPH). FOLLOW UP WITH TOWER OBSERVER INDICATED A PEAK WIND OF 71 KT (82 MPH) AT 1104Z FOR A 2 MINUTE DURATION. |
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 17, 11:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 1019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
056
WFUS52 KTAE 181102
TORTAE
FLC005-133-181130-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0013.210318T1102Z-210318T1130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
602 AM CDT Thu Mar 18 2021
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northern Bay County in the Panhandle of Florida...
Southern Washington County in the Panhandle of Florida...
* Until 630 AM CDT.
* At 602 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 11 miles southwest of Vernon, moving east at 20 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
northern Bay and southern Washington Counties, including the
following locations... Red Head, Gainer Spring, Bennett, Porter
Lake, Spring Hollow, Greenhead, Riverside and Ebro.
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 3054 8588 3062 8555 3035 8551 3032 8583
3047 8589 3047 8588 3048 8587 3050 8586
3051 8588 3052 8588 3052 8589 3053 8588
3053 8589
TIME...MOT...LOC 1102Z 257DEG 20KT 3047 8580
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 3:18 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Mar 18, 3:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 75 min |
| Mar 18, 4:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 61 min |
| Mar 18, 5:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 64 min |
| Mar 18, 5:44 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Mar 18, 6:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf | 40 min |
| Mar 18, 6:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 2 more | 86 min |
| Mar 18, 6:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 27 min |
| Mar 18, 7:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Leon, Liberty and 1 more | 56 min |
| Mar 18, 7:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon, Liberty | 51 min |
| Mar 18, 8:08 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Mar 18, 8:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty and 1 more | 64 min |
| Mar 18, 9:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson, Wakulla | 38 min |
| Mar 18, 9:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 53 min |
| Mar 18, 10:04 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 116 min | |
| Mar 18, 10:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 41 min |
| Mar 18, 11:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 84 min |
| Mar 18, 11:55 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 110 min | |
| Mar 18, 12:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor | 24 min |
| Mar 18, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 31 min |
| Mar 18, 1:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 39 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.