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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 16, 1990Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 16, 1990, 10:37 AM CST for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 16, 1990, 10:37 AM CST (16:37 UTC)
Expired
Mar 16, 1990, 11:15 AM CST
In force
38 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, 4.6 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 1990-03-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 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 1990-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 238 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-169 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1083 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
323 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPNS 161631
TORPNS
FLC033-113-161715-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
1037 AM CST FRI MAR 16 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY...SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY
 
 
 
 
A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED OVER SAUFLEY FIELD 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PENSACOLA AT 1030 AM CST. THE FUNNEL TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY BECOMING
A TORNADO UPROOTING SEVERAL TREES. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH-
EAST AT 40 MPH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 8:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEEscambia, Santa Rosa59 min
Mar 16, 9:51 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningTAEEscambia, Santa Rosa2 hr
Mar 16, 12:04 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTAEEscambia, Santa Rosa116 min
Mar 16, 1:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTAEEscambia, Santa Rosa2 hr
Mar 16, 2:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEEscambia, Santa Rosa61 min
Mar 16, 3:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTAEEscambia, Santa Rosa5 hr
Mar 16, 3:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTAEOkaloosa5 hr
Mar 16, 4:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEEscambia, Santa Rosa28 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.