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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 26, 1988Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 26, 1988, 5:07 PM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 1988, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1988, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 233 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 1988-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1866 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1988-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
1866 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
854 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 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 KPNS 262208
TORPNS
FLC033-113-262315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
507 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 1988
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
          ...ESCAMBIA...SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA
 
THE ESCAMBIA COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPT HAS REPORTED TORNADO DAMAGE TO TREES
IN THE VICINITY OF MOBILE HIGHWAY AND FAIRFIELD DRIVE. NUMEROUS
REPORTES OF OF PEA TO DIME SIZED HAIL HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOWl GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

Nearby

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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.