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Tornado Warning 74, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 7, 2021Bay County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 7, 2021, 6:45 AM CDT for Bay County, Florida. It was in force for 15 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, 6:45 AM CDT (11:45 UTC)
Expired: Oct 7, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 15 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), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:49 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 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 110 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

007 
WFUS52 KTAE 071145
TORTAE
FLC005-071215-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0074.211007T1145Z-211007T1215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
645 AM CDT Thu Oct 7 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

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

* Until 715 AM CDT.
    
* At 644 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 7 miles east of Callaway, moving north at 20 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
  east central 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3030 8539 3019 8539 3013 8542 3014 8550
      3030 8550
TIME...MOT...LOC 1144Z 195DEG 15KT 3016 8546 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

$$

99-OLIVER

1 follow-up statement

372 
WWUS52 KTAE 071200
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
700 AM CDT Thu Oct 7 2021

FLC005-071210-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0074.000000T0000Z-211007T1215Z/
Bay FL-
700 AM CDT Thu Oct 7 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL 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.

LAT...LON 3030 8539 3019 8539 3013 8542 3014 8550
      3030 8550
TIME...MOT...LOC 1157Z 195DEG 15KT 3022 8544 

$$

99-OLIVER

The 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, 3:23 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Bay	20 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 Considerable damage threat	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 Considerable damage threat	TAE	Bay	2 hr
Oct 7, 6:44 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Bay	3 hr
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.