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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 18, 2021, 1:21 PM EDT for Dixie County, Lafayette County, Taylor County, Florida. It was in force for 24 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, 1:21 PM EDT (17:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2021, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Dixie County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Taylor County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:23 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 888 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
718
WFUS52 KTAE 181721
TORTAE
FLC029-067-123-181745-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0018.210318T1721Z-210318T1745Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
121 PM EDT Thu Mar 18 2021
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
South central Lafayette County in Big Bend of Florida...
Northern Dixie County in Big Bend of Florida...
Southeastern Taylor County in Big Bend of Florida...
* Until 145 PM EDT.
* At 121 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Steinhatchee, 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.
* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
south central Lafayette, northern Dixie and southeastern Taylor
Counties, including the following locations... Shamrock, Hines,
Jonesboro, Cross City Airport and Jena.
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 2954 8343 2964 8350 2992 8313 2967 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 1721Z 241DEG 31KT 2963 8340
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
033
WWUS52 KTAE 181739
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
139 PM EDT Thu Mar 18 2021
FLC123-181749-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-210318T1745Z/
Taylor FL-
139 PM EDT Thu Mar 18 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 2958 8330 2968 8337 2969 8335 2976 8334
2984 8324 2990 8315 2966 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 1739Z 241DEG 31KT 2970 8325
$$
FLC029-067-181745-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-210318T1745Z/
Lafayette FL-Dixie FL-
139 PM EDT Thu Mar 18 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL LAFAYETTE AND NORTHERN DIXIE COUNTIES...
At 139 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles east of Steinhatchee, 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.
Locations impacted include...
Cross City, Shamrock, Hines, Jonesboro and Cross City Airport.
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 2958 8330 2968 8337 2969 8335 2976 8334
2984 8324 2990 8315 2966 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 1739Z 241DEG 31KT 2970 8325
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 4:18 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Mar 18, 4:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 75 min |
| Mar 18, 5:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 61 min |
| Mar 18, 6:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 64 min |
| Mar 18, 6:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Mar 18, 7:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Washington | 28 min |
| Mar 18, 7:05 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf | 40 min |
| Mar 18, 7:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 2 more | 86 min |
| Mar 18, 7:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 27 min |
| Mar 18, 8:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Leon, Liberty and 1 more | 56 min |
| Mar 18, 8:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon, Liberty | 51 min |
| Mar 18, 9:08 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Mar 18, 9:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty and 1 more | 64 min |
| Mar 18, 10:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson, Wakulla | 38 min |
| Mar 18, 10:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 53 min |
| Mar 18, 11:04 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 116 min | |
| Mar 18, 11:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 41 min |
| Mar 18, 12:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 84 min |
| Mar 18, 12:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 110 min | |
| Mar 18, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 31 min |
| Mar 18, 2:06 PM EDT | 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.