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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 11, 2025Taylor County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2025, 5:45 PM EDT for Taylor County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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: Apr 11, 2025, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 2025, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Taylor County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 209 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1287 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

840 
WFUS52 KTAE 112145
TORTAE
FLC123-112215-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0021.250411T2145Z-250411T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
545 PM EDT Fri Apr 11 2025

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Taylor County in Big Bend Florida...

* Until 615 PM EDT.

* At 545 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 18 miles west of Perry, moving east 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
  northwestern Taylor County, including the following locations...
  Scanlon and Econfina.

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 3010 8394 3017 8393 3016 8366 3003 8368
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 279DEG 25KT 3013 8389 

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

$$

21-HANER

3 follow-up statements

085 
WWUS52 KTAE 112153
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
553 PM EDT Fri Apr 11 2025

FLC123-112215-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-250411T2215Z/
Taylor FL-
553 PM EDT Fri Apr 11 2025

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL TAYLOR COUNTY...

At 553 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 14 miles west of Perry, moving southeast at 35 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
west central Taylor 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 3008 8388 3015 8385 3015 8366 3003 8368
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 293DEG 30KT 3010 8382 

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

$$

21-HANER

576 
WWUS52 KTAE 112158
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
558 PM EDT Fri Apr 11 2025

FLC123-112215-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-250411T2215Z/
Taylor FL-
558 PM EDT Fri Apr 11 2025

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
TAYLOR COUNTY...

At 558 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 11 miles west of Perry, moving east 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
central Taylor 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 3007 8384 3012 8382 3012 8366 3003 8368
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 281DEG 26KT 3009 8377 

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

$$

21-HANER

983 
WWUS52 KTAE 112206
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
606 PM EDT Fri Apr 11 2025

FLC123-112215-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-250411T2215Z/
Taylor FL-
606 PM EDT Fri Apr 11 2025

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN TAYLOR COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
615 PM EDT...

The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However, gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

&&

LAT...LON 3007 8384 3012 8382 3012 8366 3003 8368
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 279DEG 25KT 3008 8371 

$$

21-HANER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 11, 3:01 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	TAE		29 hr
Apr 11, 4:40 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Bay, Gulf	18 hr
Apr 11, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun	29 min
Apr 11, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Liberty	28 min
Apr 11, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson, Madison	36 min
Apr 11, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Wakulla	31 min
Apr 11, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		96 min
Apr 11, 4:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Madison, Taylor	56 min
Apr 11, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Wakulla	38 min
Apr 11, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		63 min
Apr 11, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson	28 min
Apr 11, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Taylor	30 min
Apr 11, 5:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Taylor	25 min
Apr 11, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Taylor	31 min
Apr 11, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lafayette	29 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.