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Tornado Warning 71, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 6, 2021Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 6, 2021, 6:24 AM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 8 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: Oct 6, 2021, 6:24 AM CDT (11:24 UTC)
Expired: Oct 6, 2021, 6:32 AM CDT
In force: 8 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:23 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

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 173 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: 293 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 653 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

006 
WFUS52 KTAE 061124
TORTAE
FLC131-061200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0071.211006T1124Z-211006T1200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
624 AM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

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

* Until 700 AM CDT.
    
* At 624 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 9 miles southeast of Santa Rosa Beach, moving northeast
  at 15 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 Walton County, including the following locations...
  Bunker, Seagrove Beach, Seaside and Port Washington.

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 3038 8614 3038 8612 3039 8611 3039 8608
      3036 8600 3024 8610 3026 8617
TIME...MOT...LOC 1124Z 204DEG 11KT 3032 8610 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

25-CAMP

1 follow-up statement

275 
WWUS52 KTAE 061132
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
632 AM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021

FLC131-061141-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-211006T1200Z/
Walton FL-
632 AM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WALTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3038 8614 3038 8612 3039 8611 3039 8608
      3036 8600 3024 8610 3026 8617
TIME...MOT...LOC 1131Z 204DEG 11KT 3034 8609 

$$

25-CAMP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 6, 1:58 AM CDT	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton	21 hr
Oct 6, 3:39 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		36 min
Oct 6, 4:48 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		57 min
Oct 6, 5:40 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		95 min
Oct 6, 5:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	42 min
Oct 6, 7:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Wakulla	102 min
Oct 6, 8:09 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		66 min
Oct 6, 9:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Wakulla	2 hr
Oct 6, 10:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TAE	Wakulla	61 hr
Oct 6, 1:32 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		58 min
Oct 6, 2:16 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		59 min
Oct 6, 3:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Madison	2 hr

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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.