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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 16, 1988Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 16, 1988, 1:27 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 16, 1988, 1:27 PM CDT (18:27 UTC)
Expired
Sep 16, 1988, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Okaloosa 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 1988-09-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2530 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1988-09-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
2530 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
618 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 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 161828
TORPNS
FLC091-113-161930-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
127 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 1988
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
          ...OKALOOSA...SANTA ROSA
 
RADAR INDEICATES A POSSIBLE TORNADO 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF FT WALTON
BEACH FLORIDA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHWEST 30 MPH. THIS MOTION WAS
GENERALLY TOWARD MILTON FLORIDA.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE
INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET TO
A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTEC!T YOUR
BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 16, 2:46 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEEscambia, Santa Rosa29 min

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.