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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 18, 2021, 6:48 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 27 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 18, 2021, 6:48 AM CDT (11:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2021, 7:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 94 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.
927
WFUS52 KTAE 181148
TORTAE
FLC005-045-181215-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0017.210318T1148Z-210318T1215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
648 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...
East central Bay County in the Panhandle of Florida...
* Until 715 AM CDT.
* At 648 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 10 miles west of Wewahitchka, or 12 miles east of
Callaway, moving northeast at 40 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 dangerous storm will be near...
Stonemill Creek and Wewahitchka around 705 AM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Chipola Cutoff, Overstreet, Honeyville, Wewahitchka and Wetappo.
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 3015 8549 3020 8539 3020 8512 3017 8514
3014 8513 3012 8514 3012 8513 3011 8514
3011 8515 3010 8514 3009 8515 3008 8514
3007 8514 2998 8540
TIME...MOT...LOC 1148Z 243DEG 35KT 3010 8538
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
42-DVD1 follow-up statement
765
WWUS52 KTAE 181200
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
700 AM CDT Thu Mar 18 2021
FLC005-181209-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-210318T1215Z/
Bay FL-
700 AM CDT Thu Mar 18 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BAY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 AM CDT for the Panhandle
of Florida. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until noon CDT for
Big Bend of and the Panhandle of Florida.
LAT...LON 3000 8539 3013 8536 3020 8539 3020 8512
3017 8514 3015 8514 3014 8513 3013 8514
3012 8513 3011 8515 3010 8514 3009 8515
3007 8514 2998 8539
TIME...MOT...LOC 1159Z 243DEG 35KT 3015 8526
$$
FLC045-181215-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-210318T1215Z/
Gulf FL-
700 AM CDT Thu Mar 18 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN GULF COUNTY...
At 659 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Stonemill Creek, or 19 miles east of Callaway,
moving northeast at 40 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 dangerous storm will be near...
Stonemill Creek around 705 AM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Chipola Cutoff, Overstreet, Honeyville and Wewahitchka.
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 3000 8539 3013 8536 3020 8539 3020 8512
3017 8514 3015 8514 3014 8513 3013 8514
3012 8513 3011 8515 3010 8514 3009 8515
3007 8514 2998 8539
TIME...MOT...LOC 1159Z 243DEG 35KT 3015 8526
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$The 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, 6:05 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.