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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 19, 2021Bay County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2021, 2:09 PM CDT for Bay County, Florida. It was in force for 36 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, 2:09 PM CDT (19:09 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2021, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Bay County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 19, 9:33 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 128 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.

382 
WFUS52 KTAE 191909
TORTAE
FLC005-191945-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0051.210619T1909Z-210619T1945Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Bay County in the Panhandle of Florida...

* Until 245 PM CDT.
    
* At 209 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Tyndall Air Force Base, or 7 miles southwest of
  Callaway, moving northeast at 50 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...
  Panama City, Callaway and Springfield around 220 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Parker, Cedar Grove, Brannonville, Beacon Beach, Bay Harbor, College
Station, Millville and Bayou George.

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 2996 8561 3001 8570 3030 8559 3023 8540
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 207DEG 43KT 3004 8564 

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

$$

38-GODSEY

2 follow-up statements

445 
WWUS52 KTAE 191920
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
220 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

FLC005-191945-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-210619T1945Z/
Bay FL-
220 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BAY COUNTY...
    
At 219 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Callaway, moving northeast at 45 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
southeastern Bay County, including the following locations... Parker,
Cedar Grove, Brannonville, Beacon Beach, Bay Harbor, College Station,
Millville and Bayou George.

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 3005 8557 3008 8567 3030 8559 3023 8540
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 207DEG 40KT 3013 8558 

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

$$

38-GODSEY

878 
WWUS52 KTAE 191926
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
226 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

FLC005-191945-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-210619T1945Z/
Bay FL-
226 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL BAY COUNTY...
    
At 225 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Callaway, moving northeast at 45 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...
Callaway, Parker and Bayou George. 

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 3012 8551 3014 8560 3028 8554 3023 8540
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 209DEG 37KT 3017 8555 

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

$$

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, 9:01 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Walton	14 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, 2:13 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.