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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 18, 2021, 6:05 AM CDT for Bay County, Calhoun County, Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 40 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, 6:05 AM CDT (11:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2021, 6:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 55 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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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 18, 6:20 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bayou George, FL | REPORT OF FENCES DOWN AND ROOF DAMAGE NEAR BAYOU GEORGE. |
| Mar 18, 6:25 AM CDT | TORNADO | Bayou George, FL | EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED FROM STORM SURVEY. |
| Mar 18, 6:32 AM CDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 40 | 4 Se Tyndall Afb, FL | AWOS STATION KTDR 4 SE TYNDALL AFB. |
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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 120 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.
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WFUS52 KTAE 181105
TORTAE
FLC005-013-045-181145-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0014.210318T1105Z-210318T1145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
605 AM CDT Thu Mar 18 2021
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Gulf County in the Panhandle of Florida...
Bay County in the Panhandle of Florida...
Southwestern Calhoun County in the Panhandle of Florida...
* Until 645 AM CDT.
* At 605 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing a tornado
were located along a line extending from 9 miles northwest of Lynn
Haven to 14 miles southwest of Tyndall Air Force Base, moving
northeast at 35 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.
* These dangerous storms will be near...
Callaway around 640 AM CDT.
Other locations impacted by these tornadic storms include St Andrews
State Park, Southport, Allanton, Cedar Grove, Dirego Park, Beacon
Beach, College Station, Bayou George, Camp Flowers and Biltmore
Beach.
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 3042 8537 3003 8531 2991 8553 3006 8578
3037 8581
TIME...MOT...LOC 1105Z 222DEG 29KT 3034 8576 2989 8573
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, 6:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Washington | 28 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.