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Tornado Warning 101, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2023, 6:30 AM EDT for Dixie County, Florida. It was in force for 15 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2023, 6:30 AM EDT (10:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2023, 6:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Dixie County, FL
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 6:30 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fletcher, FL | Trees and power lines were blown down across the county. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 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
- 37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -352 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1316 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 419 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
316
WFUS52 KTAE 161030
TORTAE
FLC029-161045-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0101.230616T1030Z-230616T1045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
630 AM EDT Fri Jun 16 2023
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Dixie County in Big Bend of Florida...
* Until 645 AM EDT.
* At 630 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles west of Bell, moving southeast at 30 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
northeastern Dixie County, including the following locations...
Fletcher and Guaranto Springs.
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 2978 8294 2976 8295 2975 8294 2973 8295
2972 8294 2972 8295 2970 8294 2970 8296
2964 8296 2973 8309 2982 8300 2981 8293
2980 8292
TIME...MOT...LOC 1030Z 297DEG 25KT 2974 8301
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
KRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Jun 15, 8:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 9:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 19 min |
| Jun 15, 9:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 87 min | |
| Jun 15, 9:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 10:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 21 min |
| Jun 15, 11:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jun 16, 12:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 12:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 1:12 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jun 16, 1:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 1:31 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Jun 16, 1:42 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Taylor | 13 min |
| Jun 16, 2:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 2:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Taylor | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 2:42 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Taylor | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 3:04 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Taylor | 26 min |
| Jun 16, 3:07 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Taylor | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 3:27 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Taylor | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 3:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Taylor | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 3:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Taylor | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:54 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 66 min | |
| Jun 16, 4:01 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 4:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 4:22 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 113 min | |
| Jun 16, 4:33 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 4:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Lafayette | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 5:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 5:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 5:27 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 15 hr | |
| Jun 16, 5:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 7:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 10:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Holmes, Walton, Washington | 56 min |
| Jun 16, 10:09 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 96 min | |
| Jun 16, 10:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Walton and 1 more | 54 min |
| Jun 16, 11:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 11:35 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 85 min | |
| Jun 16, 11:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Jackson | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 11:43 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton | 56 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Jackson | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 12:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Jefferson, Leon, Taylor, Wakulla | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 12:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden, Gulf, Liberty | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 12:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 84 min | |
| Jun 16, 12:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Taylor | 51 min |
| Jun 16, 12:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Leon, Liberty | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 1:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 53 min |
| Jun 16, 1:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin, Jefferson, Wakulla | 26 min |
| Jun 16, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison, Taylor | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison and 2 more | 59 min |
| Jun 16, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 103 min | |
| Jun 16, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 59 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.