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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2023, 1:49 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Gulf County, Liberty County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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
- Apr 27, 2023, 1:49 PM CDT (18:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2023, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Calhoun County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Liberty County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Nne Scotts Ferry, FL | A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED THAT HE SAW A TORNADO TOUCH DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 71 WITH DOWNED TREES ALONG THE HIGHWAY BETWEEN 2 PM AND 2:30 PM CT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 10:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 485 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 706 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
548
WFUS52 KTAE 271849
TORTAE
FLC013-045-077-271915-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0049.230427T1849Z-230427T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
249 PM EDT Thu Apr 27 2023
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
North central Gulf County in the Panhandle of Florida...
Southern Calhoun County in the Panhandle of Florida...
West central Liberty County in Big Bend of Florida...
* Until 315 PM EDT/215 PM CDT/.
* At 249 PM EDT/149 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm capable of
producing a tornado was located 8 miles northwest of Stonemill
Creek, or 16 miles southwest of Blountstown, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
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
north central Gulf, southern Calhoun Counties in the Panhandle of
Florida and west central Liberty Counties in Big Bend of Florida,
including the following locations... Marysville, Scotts Ferry,
Estiffanulga, Kinard, Lewis, Woods, Hugh Creek, Chipola Park,
Central City and Orange.
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.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3021 8530 3028 8530 3034 8520 3039 8497
3017 8492 3018 8516
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 263DEG 30KT 3026 8525
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
99-OLIVERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 10:42 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 63 min | |
| Apr 27, 11:45 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 60 min | |
| Apr 27, 12:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 12:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 12:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 16 min |
| Apr 27, 12:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 12:52 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 38 min | |
| Apr 27, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 1:16 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 44 min | |
| Apr 27, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty | 64 min |
| Apr 27, 1:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 2:02 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 88 min | |
| Apr 27, 2:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Liberty | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton | 84 min |
| Apr 27, 2:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Walton and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 67 min |
| Apr 27, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 2:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon, Liberty | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Liberty | 15 min |
| Apr 27, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Jackson, Liberty and 1 more | 75 min |
| Apr 27, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Apr 27, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gulf | 17 min |
| Apr 27, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Leon and 2 more | 69 min |
| Apr 27, 4:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Leon, Wakulla | 12 min |
| Apr 27, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gadsden, Leon, Wakulla | 73 min |
| Apr 27, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Apr 27, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor | 86 min |
| Apr 27, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Leon | 22 min |
| Apr 27, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 18 min |
| Apr 27, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor | 86 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.