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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 10, 1990Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 10, 1990, 8:14 AM CST for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 10, 1990, 8:14 AM CST (14:14 UTC)
Expired
Feb 10, 1990, 9:15 AM CST
In force
61 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, 2.2 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 1990-02-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1210 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 1990-02-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 261 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1210 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
261 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
267 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.0
Supercell composite
10.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPNS 101415 COR
TORPNS
FLC033-113-101515-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
814 AM CST SAT FEB 10 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
          ...ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA

AT 810 AM CST THE PUBLIC REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ALONG INTERSTATE
10 JUST AS THE HIGHWAY ENTERS ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA.

RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN THAT AREA MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 45 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 BASEMEN\T 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
Feb 10, 3:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEEscambia, Santa Rosa56 min
Feb 10, 8:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEOkaloosa58 min
Feb 10, 9:07 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEGulf53 min
Feb 10, 9:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWakulla31 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.