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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 7, 2021, 3:23 AM CDT for Bay County, Florida. It was in force for 20 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 7, 2021, 3:23 AM CDT (08:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2021, 3:43 AM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Bay County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:25 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 837 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
086
WFUS52 KTAE 070823
TORTAE
FLC005-070900-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0072.211007T0823Z-211007T0900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
323 AM CDT Thu Oct 7 2021
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Bay County in the Panhandle of Florida...
* Until 400 AM CDT.
* At 323 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles north of Panama City Beach, moving northeast at
10 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 Bay County.
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.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3044 8586 3044 8584 3040 8571 3030 8585
3032 8589
TIME...MOT...LOC 0823Z 208DEG 8KT 3033 8585
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
02-MONTGOMERY1 follow-up statement
658
WWUS52 KTAE 070843
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
343 AM CDT Thu Oct 7 2021
FLC005-070853-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-211007T0900Z/
Bay FL-
343 AM CDT Thu Oct 7 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BAY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However heavy rain is
still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3044 8586 3044 8584 3040 8571 3030 8585
3032 8589
TIME...MOT...LOC 0842Z 208DEG 8KT 3037 8583
$$
02-MONTGOMERYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 8:49 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty | 6 days |
| Oct 7, 2:34 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Madison | 5 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 45 min |
| Oct 7, 3:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay | 3 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:49 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 26 min | |
| Oct 7, 3:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 66 min |
| Oct 7, 5:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 55 min |
| Oct 7, 5:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Washington | 3 hr |
| Oct 7, 5:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay | 3 hr |
| Oct 7, 5:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 34 min |
| Oct 7, 6:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay | 2 hr |
| Oct 7, 6:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay | 3 hr |
| Oct 7, 6:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 15 min |
| Oct 7, 7:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf | 2 hr |
| Oct 7, 8:18 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 42 min | |
| Oct 7, 8:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Washington | 10 hr |
| Oct 7, 9:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Gulf | 2 hr |
| Oct 7, 10:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf | 9 hr |
| Oct 7, 11:17 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton | 14 hr |
| Oct 7, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 35 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.