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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 19, 2021Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2021, 9:01 AM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 14 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: Jun 19, 2021, 9:01 AM CDT (14:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2021, 9:15 AM CDT
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:02 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 nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 203 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1367 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 747 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 315 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

824 
WFUS52 KTAE 191401
TORTAE
FLC131-191430-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0044.210619T1401Z-210619T1430Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
901 AM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Walton County in the Panhandle of Florida...

* Until 930 AM CDT.
    
* At 901 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 8 miles southeast of Laurel Hill, or 8 miles south of
  Florala, moving north 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northwestern Walton County, including the following locations...
  Gordon, Flowersville, Fox Hill, New Harmony, Paxton and Lakewood.

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 3099 8639 3099 8622 3081 8629 3084 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1401Z 193DEG 33KT 3088 8636 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

38-GODSEY

1 follow-up statement

951 
WWUS52 KTAE 191415
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
915 AM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

FLC131-191425-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-210619T1430Z/
Walton FL-
915 AM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WALTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Tallahassee.

&&

LAT...LON 3099 8639 3099 8622 3081 8629 3084 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1414Z 193DEG 33KT 3101 8633 

$$

38-GODSEY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 7:18 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		117 min
Jun 18, 8:23 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		22 min
Jun 18, 8:50 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		115 min
Jun 18, 9:24 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		96 min
Jun 18, 10:17 PM CDT	Tropical Storm Warning	TAE		17 hr
Jun 19, 4:57 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	TAE	Bay, Holmes, Walton, Washington	20 hr
Jun 19, 7:57 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		78 min
Jun 19, 8:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Walton, Washington	45 min
Jun 19, 8:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington	49 min
Jun 19, 9:24 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton	21 min
Jun 19, 9:36 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Washington	8 min
Jun 19, 10:19 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		33 min
Jun 19, 12:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Walton, Washington	38 min
Jun 19, 1:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Walton	44 min
Jun 19, 1:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton, Washington	50 min
Jun 19, 2:02 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		118 min
Jun 19, 2:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay	43 min
Jun 19, 2:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Bay	36 min
Jun 19, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes	62 min
Jun 19, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Jun 19, 5:52 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		113 min
Jun 19, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton, Washington	43 min
Jun 19, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Jackson	50 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.