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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 5, 1986Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 5, 1986, 8:14 AM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 5, 1986, 8:14 AM EDT (12:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 1986, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin County, FL

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Apalachicola Mun, FL (KAQQ), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 21 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Apalachicola Mun, FL at 12:00Z on 1986-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Apalachicola Mun, FL at 12:00Z on 1986-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KAQQ 051215
TORAQQ
FLC037-051215-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUIRED
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE  WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL
814 AM EDT TUE AUG 5 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO  AND SPECIAL
MARINE  WARNING UNTIL 900 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES IN

NORTHWEST FLORIDA...FRANKLIN

THE FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERRIFF REPORTS WATERSPOUTS OFFSHORE ST GEORGE
ISLAND. RESIDENTS OF ST GEORGE ISLAND AND MARINE INTERESTS aALONG THE
FRANKLIN COUNTY COAST SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE EVASIVE
ACTION TO AVOID THIS WEATHER. REPORT ANY TORNADOES OR WATERSPOUTS TO
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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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.